Lok Sabha Question No. 2692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: States Implementing PMFBY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2692

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022

## STATES IMPLEMENTING PMFBY

2692. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) the number of States that are currently implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY);

(b) whether the Government is aware that the amendments introduced have placed too much burden on States leading many to withdraw from it and create their own parallel schemes;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  considered  revising  the  mandate  to  State Governments to bear the entire subsidy for crops which have a higher premium rate than the specified rates;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor; and

(e)  the  steps,  if  any,  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  the  scheme  more considerate of the needs of States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (e) : The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was introduced in the country from Kharif 2016 season.  The PMFBY is available for all States/UTs and is voluntary for them.   States/UTs are free to subscribe under the scheme keeping in view  their  risk  perception  and  financial  considerations  etc.      The  scheme  is  also voluntary for the farmers to enroll themselves as per their risk perception.   Since inception of the scheme in Kharif 2016, 27 States/Union Territories implemented the PMFBY  in  one  or  more  seasons.  The  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  of  Assam, Chhattisgarh,  Goa,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Karnataka, Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Odisha,  Puducherry,  Rajasthan, Sikkim,  Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have already notified the scheme for implementation during 2022-23.

Revisions/improvements  in  the  crop  insurance  schemes  is  a  continuous process and based on the experience and views of stakeholders the Operational Guidelines of the scheme have been further revised and revamped from Rabi 2018-

19  and  Kharif  2020  season  respectively.  The  Premium  subsidy  sharing  pattern between Central and State Governments remained 50 : 50  since 1999-2000 from the  time  of  erstwhile  scheme  of  National  Agricultural  Insurance  Scheme  (NAIS). However, it has been revised w.e.f. Kharif 2020 season to 90  : 10 for North Eastern

States. More  freedom  has  been  given  to  the  States  to  choose  the  risk  including single  peril  based  on  prevailing  climate  conditions  etc.  to  cover  more  and  more crops under the scheme by the State Governments. Keeping in view the hardening of insurance market and at the request of the State, alternative risk management models have also been approved as a special case. In  view  of  the  concerted  efforts  made  by  the  Central  Government,  Andhra

Pradesh has agreed to rejoin the scheme from Kharif 2022.

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