Lok Sabha Question No. 2417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Loanee Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2417

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 th  August, 2024

## LOANEE FARMERS

## 2417.  SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  loanee  farmers  in  the  financial  years  2023-24  and  2024-25, State/UTwise; (b)  the number of farmers covered under Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), State/UT-wise and crop-wise; (c) the amount of total premium collected from the farmers and the Government share under  PMFBY  in  each  of  the  last  ten  Financial  Years  including  the  FY  2024-25, State/UT-wise and crop-wise; and (d)  the details of total amount paid to farmers as a result of crop damage under PMFBY till now along with the reasons for crop damage in each of the last ten financial years
- including the FY 2024-25, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to (d):  Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) along with weather index based Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) are being implemented since Kharif 2016.  These schemes are being implemented on area approach basis for wide-spread  calamities  like  drought,  flood  etc,  which  affect  large  areas.   It  provides coverage  for  natural  calamities  along  with  localized  risk  such  as  hailstorm,  landslide, inundation,  natural  fire,  cloud  burst  and  post-harvest  losses  due  to  cyclonic  rains, unseasonal rains and hailstorm only to the insured farmers for the notified area and notified crop under this scheme.

Under the provisions of the scheme, farmer's share of the premium  is capped at 2% for Kharif crops, 1.5% for Rabi Crops and 5% for commercial/Horticultural crops.  Remaining premium is borne by Central and State Governments in 50:50 ratio in other States and 90:10 ratio in North Eastern Region (NER) States and Hilly States.  The total number of farmer  application,  loanee  farmer  application  covered  under  the  scheme,  premium collected  from  farmers  and  claims  paid    State/UT-wise  under  this  scheme  since  its inception in 2016, till 2023-24, is annexed.

Annexure PMFBY & RWBCIS Combined - State Wise Business Statistics during 2016-17 to 2023-24

## As on 30.06.2024

| State/UT Name    | Farmers Applications Insured (lakh)   | Farmers Applications Insured (lakh)   | Farmers Share in Premium   | Paid Claims   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|
|                  | Loanee                                | Total                                 | Rs. Crore                  | Rs. Crore     |
| A&NIslands       | 0.0                                   | 0.0                                   | 0.0                        | 0.2           |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 67.8                                  | 341.5                                 | 828.6                      | 5,394.7       |
| Assam            | 2.9                                   | 51.4                                  | 23.7                       | 610.6         |
| Bihar            | 49.6                                  | 50.2                                  | 383.9                      | 749.4         |
| Chhattisgarh     | 324.3                                 | 354.5                                 | 1,401.0                    | 7,150.7       |
| Goa              | 0.0                                   | 0.0                                   | 0.2                        | 0.1           |
| Gujarat          | 83.6                                  | 83.9                                  | 1,499.4                    | 5,563.9       |
| Haryana          | 189.2                                 | 199.5                                 | 2,058.7                    | 8,546.4       |
| Himachal Pradesh | 22.6                                  | 23.3                                  | 223.2                      | 409.9         |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | 7.0                                   | 7.4                                   | 55.8                       | 102.6         |
| Jharkhand        | 7.5                                   | 44.6                                  | 75.1                       | 884.4         |
| Karnataka        | 63.0                                  | 181.2                                 | 2,097.7                    | 13,052.5      |
| Kerala           | 3.5                                   | 7.4                                   | 62.0                       | 556.1         |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 807.2                                 | 835.60                                | 6,125.2                    | 30,192.1      |
| Maharashtra      | 147.2                                 | 1,087.8                               | 5,355.3                    | 33,184.3      |
| Manipur          | 0.2                                   | 0.3                                   | 3.2                        | 6.7           |
| Meghalaya        | 0.1                                   | 0.4                                   | 0.8                        | 0.5           |
| Odisha           | 361.3                                 | 507.2                                 | 1,138.8                    | 6,778.6       |
| Puducherry       | 0.0                                   | 1.5                                   | 0.2                        | 28.5          |
| Rajasthan        | 1,517.8                               | 1,575.0                               | 5,816.6                    | 27,116.5      |
| Sikkim           | 0.0                                   | 0.1                                   | 0.3                        | 0.7           |
| Tamil Nadu       | 45.0                                  | 328.4                                 | 1,224.0                    | 14,125.1      |
| Telangana        | 35.1                                  | 39.0                                  | 696.3                      | 1,906.8       |
| Tripura          | 0.9                                   | 13.7                                  | 3.3                        | 8.0           |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 404.5                                 | 420.2                                 | 2,787.5                    | 5,237.4       |
| Uttarakhand      | 12.4                                  | 17.4                                  | 273.1                      | 693.4         |
| West Bengal      | 77.1                                  | 134.9                                 | 305.5                      | 1,218.5       |
| GRAND TOTAL      | 4,229.8                               | 6,306.7                               | 32,439.8                   | 1,63,518.7    |