Lok Sabha Question No. 355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Meeting with Farmer Unions
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 355

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  JULY, 2025

## MEETING WITH FARMER UNIONS

355. SHRI AMRINDER SINGH RAJA WARRING:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the key outcomes of the meeting held with farmer unions in Chandigarh earlier this year;
- (b) whether the Ministry released any follow-up action plan on MSP guarantees or crop diversification as discussed;
- (c) whether the farmers' concerns on input costs and procurement of non-paddy crops have been addressed;
- (d) whether  new  institutional  framework  been  proposed  for  dialogue  with  farmers' groups, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  updates  on  compensation  and  crop  insurance  issues  raised  in  the meeting?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): Three  meetings  were  held  with  farmer  unions  in  Chandigarh  earlier  this  year. Discussions on various topics related to agriculture and farmers welfare were held during these meetings.
- (b) & (c):  Government has been fixing Minimum Support Price (MSP), at least one and half times of the cost of production, for all mandated crops since 2018-19.  A 6-year 'Mission for Atmanirbharta in Pulses' has been  announced  in  the Union  Budget  for 2025-26.

Additionally, 100% Tur, Urad and Masoor offered by farmers will be procured at MSP for 4 years. Further, 'Mission for Cotton Productivity' has also been announced. (d) & (e):  With a view to provide financial support to farmers at the time of losses due to natural calamities, a Central Sector Scheme yield index-based Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and weather index based Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) have been introduced in the country from Kharif 2016 season.  It is a demand driven scheme and financial liability on premium subsidy to farmers is shared by the Central and State Government on 50 : 50 basis and 90 : 10 in North Eastern States & other  Hilly  states,  with  effect  from  Kharif  2020  season.    The  scheme  is  voluntary  for  the States since inception and for all farmers w.e.f. Kharif 2020. Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY)  provides  for  comprehensive  risk insurance against crop damage from pre-sowing to post-harvest for crops and area notified by the concerned State Government.  The scheme not only safeguards against wide spread yield  loss  due  to  non-preventable  natural  risks/  &  extreme  climate  calamities  viz.    flood, inundation, landslide, drought, heat waves, hailstorm, cyclone, pests/diseases, natural fire and lightening, storm, typhoon, tempest, hurricane, tornado etc.  however also against farm level  yield  loss  due  to  localized  risks  (hailstorm,  landslide,  inundation,  cloud  burst  and natural fire) and post-harvest losses due to cyclone, cyclonic/unseasonal rain and hailstorm and prevented sowing.

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