Lok Sabha Question No. 34 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Awareness of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 34

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## AWARENESS OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA

- *34.      SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Kisan Melas organised by the Government to spread awareness about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  other  methods  used  by  the  Government  to  improve  awareness among the farmers about PMFBY;
- (c) the names of the States which have already rolled out the insurance scheme; and
- (d) whether the Government has kept out the PSU insurance companies despite their controlling a higher market share of the insurance scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  34    DUE FOR REPLY ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016.

(a) & (b): To enhance the awareness about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) among all  the  stakeholders  including  farmers,  Government  is  undertaking  a  comprehensive publicity  and  awareness  programme  to  educate  the  farmers  about  the  benefit  of  crop insurance  schemes.    Capacity  building  and  training  programmes  for  other  stakeholders  are also being organized.   The salient activities under awareness campaign involve the publicity of features  &  benefits  of  the  scheme  through  advertisements  in  leading  National/local  News Papers,  telecast  through  audio-visual  media,  distribution  of  pamphlets  in  local  language, participation  in  agriculture  fairs  /  mela  /  gosti  and  organization  of  workshops  /  trainings  and SMS through Kisan Portal etc. State Governments/UTs are also being regularly persuaded to increase the coverage including notifying more crops under crop Insurance schemes.   One day  seminar/kisan  fair  especially  on  the  PMFBY  has  also  been  organized  at  various  Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) during March-April, 2016 throughout the country.  State-wise details of seminars/kisan fairs held at KVKs are annexed.

(c): 20  States  and  1  Union  Territory  namely,  Assam,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana,  Tripura,  Uttarakhand,  Uttar  Pradesh,  West  Bengal,  Kerala,  Bihar,  Gujarat,  Goa, Rajasthan  and  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Islands  have  completed  the  tendering  process  for selection    of  Insurance  company  for  implementation  of  PMFBY  and  restructured  Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)  during Kharif 2016 season and tendering in Jammu & Kashmir is underway.   Out of these 21 States/UTs, 17 States/UTs have already issued the notification for implementation of the schemes in Kharif 2016.

(d): No,  Madam.    The  four  Public  Sector  General  Insurance  Companies  viz.  Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., New India Insurance Company Ltd., National Insurance Company Ltd. and United India Insurance Company  Ltd. have already been empanelled for implementation of PMBFY and restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) from Kharif 2016 season.

## State wise Summary of PMFBY Awareness Campaign through KVKs

| State             | No. of KVKs which Organised the programme   | No. of Hon'ble Union Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble State Govt Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Lok Sabha who participated   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Rajya Sabha participated   | No. of MLAs who Attended the programme   | Nos. who attended                 | Nos. who attended   | Nos. who attended   | No. of Participants   | No. of Participants                    | No. of Exhibitions organised   |
|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| State             | No. of KVKs which Organised the programme   | No. of Hon'ble Union Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble State Govt Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Lok Sabha who participated   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Rajya Sabha participated   | No. of MLAs who Attended the programme   | Chairman/ Members Zila Panchayats | Distt. Collector    | Bank Officials      | Farmers               | Govt. Bank Officials, PRI members etc. | No. of Exhibitions organised   |
| Punjab            | 20                                          | 1                                                           | 3                                                                | 3                                                  | 2                                                | 5                                        | 2                                 |                     | 17                  | 12580                 | 22                                     | 17                             |
| Haryana           | 17                                          | 1                                                           | 1                                                                | 5                                                  | -                                                | 10                                       | 7                                 |                     | 16                  | 12727                 | 24                                     | 13                             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 9                                           | -                                                           | 2                                                                | 3                                                  | -                                                | 3                                        | 5                                 |                     | 6                   | 3900                  | 14                                     | 6                              |
| Delhi             | 1                                           | -                                                           | -                                                                | 1                                                  | -                                                | -                                        | -                                 | -                   | 1                   | 450                   | 2                                      | 1                              |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 8                                           | 1                                                           | -                                                                | 1                                                  | 1                                                | 3                                        | -                                 | -                   | 5                   | 3513                  | 8                                      | 4                              |
| Zone I Total      | 55                                          | 3                                                           | 6                                                                | 13                                                 | 3                                                | 21                                       | 14                                | 0                   | 45                  | 33170                 | 70                                     | 41                             |
| A&NIslands        | 3                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 0                                        | 1                                 | 0                   | 6                   | 559                   | 43                                     | 2                              |
| Bihar             | 38                                          | 4                                                           | 0                                                                | 13                                                 | 1                                                | 10                                       | 6                                 | 8                   | 102                 | 28901                 | 1001                                   | 266                            |
| Jharkhand         | 23                                          | 2                                                           | 1                                                                | 9                                                  | 0                                                | 18                                       | 11                                | 4                   | 45                  | 16234                 | 711                                    | 148                            |
| West Bengal       | 16                                          | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 7                                                  | 0                                                | 2                                        | 3                                 | 0                   | 25                  | 6357                  | 102                                    | 34                             |
| Zone II           | 80                                          | 6                                                           | 1                                                                | 30                                                 | 1                                                | 30                                       | 21                                | 12                  | 178                 | 52051                 | 1857                                   | 450                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 14                                          | 0                                                           | 1                                                                | 1                                                  | 1                                                | 6                                        | 11                                | 5                   | 6                   | 2148                  | 14                                     | 6                              |
| Assam             | 25                                          | 0                                                           | 2                                                                | 14                                                 | 1                                                | 17                                       | 2                                 | 12                  | 38                  | 17374                 | 4                                      | 180                            |
| Manipur           | 9                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 2                                                  | 0                                                | 2                                        | 4                                 | 1                   | 3                   | 1732                  | 53                                     | 41                             |
| Mizoram           | 8                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                | 0                                                  | 1                                                | 0                                        | 1                                 | 2                   | 11                  | 2414                  | 12                                     | 35                             |
| Meghalaya         | 5                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 5                                        | 0                                 | 0                   | 1                   | 1089                  | 29                                     | 5                              |
| Nagaland          | 9                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 1                                        | 1                                 | 3                   | 3                   | 3135                  | 18                                     | 11                             |
| Sikkim            | 4                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 2                                        | 9                                 | 1                   | 2                   | 1038                  | 20                                     | 4                              |
| Tripura           | 4                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 4                                        | 3                                 | 0                   | 4                   | 1636                  | 11                                     | 7                              |
| Zone III          | 78                                          | 0                                                           | 5                                                                | 21                                                 | 3                                                | 37                                       | 31                                | 24                  | 68                  | 30566                 | 161                                    | 289                            |
| UP                | 50                                          | 11                                                          | -                                                                | 35                                                 | 1                                                | 7                                        | 10                                | 7                   | 102                 | 36487                 | 663                                    | 463                            |
| Uttarakhand       | 11                                          | -                                                           | -                                                                | 7                                                  | -                                                | 3                                        | 6                                 | 4                   | 15                  | 4044                  | 58                                     | 61                             |
| Zone IV           | 61                                          | 11                                                          | 0                                                                | 42                                                 | 1                                                | 10                                       | 16                                | 11                  | 117                 | 40531                 | 721                                    | 524                            |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 14                                          | 1                                                           | 2                                                                | 10                                                 | 0                                                | 8                                        | 3                                 | 3                   | 14                  | 7551                  | 1386                                   | 124                            |
| Maharashtra       | 33                                          | 2                                                           | 0                                                                | 19                                                 | 0                                                | 6                                        | 12                                | 9                   | 24                  | 17974                 | 1284                                   | 225                            |
| Telangana         | 9                                           | 1                                                           | 1                                                                | 8                                                  | 0                                                | 4                                        | 3                                 | 1                   | 8                   | 7747                  | 661                                    | 67                             |
| ZoneV             | 56                                          | 4                                                           | 3                                                                | 37                                                 | 0                                                | 18                                       | 18                                | 13                  | 46                  | 33272                 | 3331                                   | 416                            |
| Rajasthan         | 33                                          | 3                                                           | 0                                                                | 25                                                 | 1                                                | 4                                        | 35                                | 35                  | 35                  | 26250                 | 60                                     | 40                             |
| Gujarat           | 25                                          | 3                                                           | 1                                                                | 19                                                 | 3                                                | 1                                        | 25                                | 25                  | 25                  | 18750                 | 45                                     | 35                             |
| Zone VI           | 58                                          | 6                                                           | 1                                                                | 44                                                 | 4                                                | 5                                        | 60                                | 60                  | 60                  | 45000                 | 105                                    | 75                             |
| Chhattisgarh      | 19                                          | 1                                                           | 1                                                                | 10                                                 | 0                                                | 18                                       | 11                                | 6                   | 18                  | 13044                 | 699                                    | 140                            |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 45                                          | 0                                                           | 5                                                                | 28                                                 | 0                                                | 33                                       | 21                                | 11                  | 49                  | 31025                 |                                        | 158                            |
| Odisha            | 30                                          | 1                                                           | 2                                                                | 20                                                 | 1                                                | 19                                       | 18                                | 10                  | 32                  | 9026                  | 895                                    | 201                            |
| Zone VII          | 94                                          | 2                                                           | 8                                                                | 58                                                 | 1                                                | 70                                       | 50                                | 27                  | 99                  | 53095                 | 1594                                   | 499                            |
| Karnataka         | 27                                          | 1                                                           | 0                                                                | 15                                                 | 1                                                | 11                                       | 5                                 | 3                   | 54                  | 16089                 | 466                                    | 231                            |
| Goa               | 2                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                                | 1                                                  | 0                                                | 2                                        | 2                                 | 0                   | 3                   | 638                   | 16                                     | 0                              |
| Tamil Nadu        | 11                                          | 1                                                           | 1                                                                | 8                                                  | 1                                                | 2                                        | 45                                | 2                   | 30                  | 6749                  | 267                                    | 165                            |
| Kerala            | 3                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                                | 2                                                  | 0                                                | 1                                        | 2                                 | 0                   | 6                   | 1500                  | 25                                     | 18                             |
| Zone VIII         | 43                                          | 2                                                           | 2                                                                | 26                                                 | 2                                                | 16                                       | 54                                | 5                   | 93                  | 24976                 | 774                                    | 414                            |
| Grand Total       | 525                                         | 34                                                          | 26                                                               | 271                                                | 15                                               | 207                                      | 264                               | 152                 | 706                 | 312661                | 8613                                   | 2708                           |