Lok Sabha Question No. 368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Beneficiaries of PMFBY
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 368

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## BENEFICIARIES OF PMFBY

368. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the farmers are benefited from the crop insurance Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY); and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of farmers who are the beneficiaries of the PMFBY in the last three years, State-wise and the details of the crops insured under this yojana?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir.    Since inception of the scheme in 2016-17 till Rabi 2022-23 season, against premium of Rs. 29,237 crores paid by farmers, claims of Rs. 1,51,926 crores have been paid to farmers. State-wise details of insured farmer applications and claims paid during last three years i.e., 2020-21 to 2022-23 under PMFBY are Annexed .

The  PMFBY envisages coverage  of all food crops (cereals, millets  and  pulses), oilseeds  and  commercial/horticultural  crops  subject  to  availability  of  past  yield  data  of requisite number of years based on Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs)  as well as capacity of the State Government to conduct requisite number of CCEs to assess the yield of the crop  to  calculate  claims.    However,  specific  crop  is  notified  by  the  concerned  State Government keeping  in  view  the  aforesaid  provision.      For  the  crops  not  meeting  the aforesaid conditions, the concerned State Government is free to notify them for coverage under Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme  (RWBCIS)  under which claims payment are being structured on the basis of weather index parameters.

Annexure State-wise details of insured farmer applications and claims paid during last three years i.e. 2020-21 to 2022-23 (As on 30.11.2023)

| State/UT         | No. of Farmer Applications Enrolled (in lakhs)   | No. of Farmer Applications Enrolled (in lakhs)   | No. of Farmer Applications Enrolled (in lakhs)   | Claims Paid (Rs. in crore)   | Claims Paid (Rs. in crore)   | Claims Paid (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                  | 2020-21                                          | 2021-22                                          | 2022-23                                          | 2020-21                      | 2021-22                      | 2022-23 (Provisional)        |
| A & N Islands#   | 0.00                                             | 0.01                                             | 0.00                                             | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| Andhra Pradesh   | NI                                               | NI                                               | 175.40                                           | NI                           | NI                           | 556.29                       |
| Assam            | 16.60                                            | 9.96                                             | 4.90                                             | 192.19                       | 229.05                       | 4.26                         |
| Chhattisgarh     | 51.63                                            | 58.39                                            | 77.24                                            | 885.93                       | 1,429.77                     | 507.65                       |
| Goa#             | 0.00                                             | 0.00                                             | 0.00                                             | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| Haryana          | 16.51                                            | 14.53                                            | 14.46                                            | 1,285.39                     | 1,698.22                     | 1,891.38                     |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2.41                                             | 2.34                                             | 2.67                                             | 81.78                        | 39.89                        | 14.32                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir  | NI                                               | 0.91                                             | 0.92                                             | NI                           | 56.05                        | 3.49                         |
| Karnataka        | 16.07                                            | 19.34                                            | 26.45                                            | 1,027.45                     | 1,490.19                     | 1,463.79                     |
| Kerala           | 0.76                                             | 0.99                                             | 1.47                                             | 125.33                       | 95.18                        | 2.01                         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 84.41                                            | 92.67                                            | 177.26                                           | 7,791.32                     | 2,907.22                     | 862.88                       |
| Maharashtra      | 124.06                                           | 99.03                                            | 107.44                                           | 1,486.46                     | 4,389.29                     | 3,402.41                     |
| Manipur#         | NI                                               | 0.03                                             | 0.04                                             | NI                           | 1.48                         | 1.43                         |
| Meghalaya#       | 0.00                                             | 0.00                                             | 0.00                                             | 0.07                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| Odisha           | 97.52                                            | 81.70                                            | 80.06                                            | 572.44                       | 1,041.22                     | 497.10                       |
| Puducherry#      | 0.11                                             | 0.36                                             | 0.31                                             | 13.39                        | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| Rajasthan        | 107.59                                           | 345.31                                           | 390.74                                           | 4,351.15                     | 5,130.27                     | 3,534.57                     |
| Sikkim#          | 0.00                                             | 0.02                                             | 0.05                                             | 0.02                         | 0.53                         | 0.00                         |
| Tamil Nadu       | 58.88                                            | 59.14                                            | 61.60                                            | 2,678.26                     | 831.36                       | 663.57                       |
| Tripura          | 2.57                                             | 3.36                                             | 3.21                                             | 2.60                         | 2.63                         | 0.00                         |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 41.90                                            | 40.67                                            | 42.53                                            | 499.49                       | 956.11                       | 860.55                       |
| Uttarakhand      | 1.71                                             | 1.83                                             | 2.82                                             | 134.86                       | 109.91                       | 106.04                       |
| Total            | 622.74                                           | 830.56                                           | 1,169.56                                         | 21,128.14                    | 20,408.39                    | 14,371.75                    |

# Rounded to lakhs/crores, hence shown as '0'. NI : Not Implemented.

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