Lok Sabha Question No. 2669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Crop Damage due to Recent Floods
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2669

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## CROP DAMAGE DUE TO RECENT FLOODS

2669. SHRI RAMASHANKAR VIDHARTHI RAJBHAR:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  due  to  recent  heavy  rains, waterlogging and floods, about 90 per cent of the crops have been damaged in various States including Uttar Pradesh, which has seriously affected the income of the farmers; (b) whether it is a fact that in the survey conducted by the Agriculture Department in many districts, crops of a large number of farmers have been found to be completely failed, but till now most of the affected farmers have not received insurance claim, compensation or relief amount; and

(c) whether the Government is considering providing additional assistance on crop loss, immediate relief amount, speedy settlement of crop insurance claims especially to the affected  farmers  of  Deoria,  Ballia  and  Eastern  Uttar  Pradesh  and  implementing permanent solutions to prevent such calamities in future?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a)  to  (c):    As  per  the  National  Policy  on  Disaster  Management  (NPDM),  the  State Government is primarily responsible for providing necessary relief measures on ground level in the wake of notified calamities. The State Governments undertake relief measures in the wake of natural calamities from funds available in the form of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in accordance with the Government of India approved items and norms. Additional financial assistance, over and  above SDRF, is considered from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for natural calamities of 'severe nature' and is approved  on  the  basis  of  a  Memorandum  received  from  the  State  Government,  in accordance with established procedures. The financial assistance provided under SDRF and NDRF is by way of relief and not for compensation.

As per information received from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the details of the crop area affected by hydro-meteorological disasters in States/UTs, during the year 202526 is at Annexure . The details of the fund allocated and released under SDRF/NDRF to the States are available on Disaster Management, MHA's website i.e. ndmindia.mha.gov.in.

Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojna  (PMFBY)  is  mainly  implemented  on  'Area Approach' basis and comprehensive risk coverage for crops of farmers against all nonpreventable  natural  risks from  pre-sowing  to  post-harvest  stages  of  the  crops  at  very minimum premium for the farmers is provided under the scheme.  Admissible claims are worked  out  and  paid  directly  only  to  the  insured  farmer's  account  by  the  insurance companies through DigiClaim module on National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP), based on the yield data per unit area furnished to the insurance company by the concerned State Government as per claim calculation formula envisaged in the Operational Guidelines of the scheme upon receipt of Centre and State Government's requisite share in premium subsidy.   Farmers need not intimate crop loss in respect of these claims.  This scheme is  voluntary  for  States  and  farmers  as  well  and  Govt.  of  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been implementing the scheme since inception of the scheme i.e from Kharif 2016.

RWBCIS  is  generally  applicable  to  commercial  horticultural  crops  provides insurance protection/ compensation to the farmers against adverse weather incidence, such as deficit or excess rainfall, high or low temperature (including heat wave, cold wave, frost), humidity etc. which are deemed to adversely impact the crop.   Additional insurance coverage for hailstorm and cloud burst for horticultural crops has been provided as addon/Index plus under RWBCIS. The crop losses due to localized risks of hailstorm, landslide, inundation, cloud burst & natural fire and post-harvest losses due to cyclone, cyclonic/unseasonal rains & hailstorms are calculated on individual insured farm basis.  Farmers required to intimate financial the loss to the concerned insurance company, State Government, institutions/banks, online on National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) or PMFBY app etc.

The details of claims paid under PMFBY & RWBCIS, during recent seasons is as under:

| PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|                                          |                                          | (In No.)                                 | (In No.)                                 | (In Rs. Crore)                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | Kharif 2024                              | 50,81,617                                | 11,25,542.55                             | 287.51                                   |
|                                          | Rabi 2024-25                             | 56,94,149                                | 10,91,876.93                             | 136.43                                   |
|                                          | Kharif 2025                              | 61,55,264                                | 10,19,489.39                             | 98.23                                    |

Details of claims paid under PMFBY & RWBCIS, in the districts of Deoria and Ballia of the State of Uttar Pradesh in 2024-25 is as under:

| PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   | PMFBY &RWBCIS: Report as on 31-10-2025   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                | Application Insured                      | Claims Paid                              |
|                                          | (In No.)                                 | (In Rs. Crore)                           |
| Deoria                                   | 119509                                   | 0.56                                     |
| Ballia                                   | 80545                                    | 0.74                                     |

Annexure Details of damages as reported by State/UTs due to hydro-meteorological disasters

## during the year 2025-26 (as on 27.11.2025)

| S. No.   | State                |   Cropped Area affected (in lakh ha.) |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                                1.506  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.        |                                0.072  |
| 3        | Assam                |                                0.41   |
| 4        | Bihar                |                                0      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         |                                0.0068 |
| 6        | Goa                  |                                0      |
| 7        | Gujarat              |                                0      |
| 8        | Haryana              |                                4.32   |
| 9        | Himachal Pr.         |                                0.32   |
| 10       | Jharkhand            |                                0.0017 |
| 11       | Karnataka            |                               14.81   |
| 12       | Kerala               |                                0      |
| 13       | Madhya Pr.           |                                0      |
| 14       | Maharashtra          |                               75.42   |
| 15       | Manipur              |                                0.039  |
| 16       | Meghalaya            |                                0.065  |
| 17       | Mizoram              |                                0      |
| 18       | Nagaland             |                                0.0058 |
| 19       | Odisha               |                                0.29   |
| 20       | Punjab               |                                1.93   |
| 21       | Rajasthan            |                                0      |
| 22       | Sikkim               |                                8.11   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu           |                                0.29   |
| 24       | Telangana            |                                0      |
| 25       | Tripura              |                                0      |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                2.22   |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          |                                0.0073 |
| 28       | West Bengal          |                                0      |
| 29       | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                0      |
| 30       | Chandigarh           |                                0      |
| 31       | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |                                0      |
| 32       | Delhi                |                                0      |
| 33       | J & K                |                                0.78   |
| 34       | Puducherry           |                                0.001  |
| Total    |                      |                              116.605  |

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