Lok Sabha Question No. 2577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Farmers Income
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2577

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ON FARMERS INCOME

2577. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी

- be pleased to state: (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  impact  of  erratic  monsoons,  extreme weather events and rising input costs on farmers' income during the last five years; (b) if so, the findings of such assessments; (c) whether the Government proposes to revise the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) framework to address climate-linked risks more effectively; and the  steps  being  taken  to  strengthen  digital  crop  surveys,  market  intelligence  and

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  has  been  implementing  a project-  National  Innovations  in  Climate  Resilient  Agriculture  (NICRA)  since  2011.  The project studies the impact of erratic monsoons, extreme weather events and climate change on agriculture. District level risk and vulnerability assessment of agriculture to future climate change and integrated simulation modelling studies for estimating the future projections of climate change are undertaken. Risk and vulnerability assessment of agriculture to climate change has been carried out for 651 predominantly agricultural districts as per Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) protocols. 310 districts were identified as  vulnerable  out  of  which  109  districts  have  been  categorized  as  'very  high'  and  201 districts as 'highly' vulnerable.

(d) farmer price support mechanisms?

(c):    Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) provides comprehensive risk coverage against  crop  damage  from  pre-sowing  to  post-harvest  for  cereals,  millets  and  pulses, oilseeds, and commercial or horticultural crops notified by the concerned State Government.  The  scheme  safeguards  against  widespread  yield  loss  due  to  natural  risks such as flood, inundation, landslide, drought, dry spells, hailstorm, cyclone, pests/diseases, natural  fire/lightning,  storm,  typhoon,  tempest,  hurricane,  and  tornado.  It  also  provides coverage against farm-level yield loss due to localized risks (hailstorm, landslide, inundation, cloudburst, and natural fire) and post-harvest losses due to cyclone, unseasonal rain, and hailstorm.

(d): The Government has been strengthening digital crop surveys by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT-enabled systems to enhance crop productivity, improve sustainability,  and  support  farmer  livelihoods.  AI-based  analytics  using  field  photographs and  satellite  imagery  are  being  deployed  for  crop-weather  matching  and  monitoring  of sowing  patterns.Market  intelligence  is  being  strengthened  through  platforms  such  as  the National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM),  Agri-stack,  real-time  data  collection,  and  digital dashboards  for  monitoring  arrivals,  prices,  and  demand-supply  trends.  The  Department has  integrated  1,522  mandis  with  the  e-NAM  platform  across  23  States  and  4  Union Territories.  As  on  30.06.2025,  a  total  of  1.79  crore  farmers  and  2.71  lakh  traders  have registered  on  the  e-NAM  portal,  and  trade  of  12.54  crore  MT  and  49.15  crore  numbers (including bamboo, betel leaves, coconut, lemon and sweet corn) valued at approximately ₹4.57 lakh crore has been recorded on the platform. To ensure that farmer gets fair price of his  produce,    Government has  taken various  steps  including  implementation  of  Minimum Support  Price  (MSP)  policy,  expansion  of    procurement  operations,  and    risk  coverage through PMFBY, ensuring assured returns, reducing market volatility, and stabilising farm income.

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