Lok Sabha Question No. 131 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESWAR TELI, ASHWINI KUMAR

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 131

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2016

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA

- *131.    SHRI RAMESWAR TELI: SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  facing  difficulty  in  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the entire country and if so, the details thereof along with the remedial measures taken thereon;
- (b) the time by which the scheme is likely to be introduced in all the States;
- (c) the number of farmers benefited by the scheme along with the funds disbursed to various  States  under  PMFBY  so  far  and  the  premium  collected  by  the  Government agencies for the year 2015-16, State-wise along with the details of the crops covered under the scheme;
- (d) whether the scheme covers sharecroppers and tenant farmers and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has a dedicated information and education campaign for popularizing the 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  (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 131   DUE FOR REPLY ON 26 TH  JULY, 2016.

- (a) & (b): Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has been approved for implementation in  all States and Union Territories from  Kharif  2016 season.  However,  the scheme  is  voluntary  for  States/UTs.    Government  has  been  engaging  the  States/UTs  for implementation  of  the  scheme  for  benefit  of  the  farmers  of  their  States/UTs.    Besides, circulation  of  detailed  guidelines  for  implementation  of  the  schemes  to  all  stakeholders including  State  Governments,    all  the  requisite  assistance  and  clarifications  have  been provided  to the  States/UTs  to prepare  clusters, tender documents  and  finalization of implementing  insurance  companies  etc.      So  far,  21  States  and  1  Union  Territory  have completed the tendering process for selection  of Insurance companies 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 22 States/UTs, 19 States/UTs have already issued the notification for implementation of the schemes in Kharif 2016.
- (c): Details  of  farmers  benefited  under  PMFBY    are  not  available  as  the  season  is  in progress and this is the first  season for  the  scheme.   During first  season  i.e.  Kharif  2016  a number of  crops like wheat, paddy, maize, bajra, barley, potato, sugarcane, cotton, groundnut, mustard,  black gram, green gram, soybean, arhar, urad, ragi, papaya, banana, lobiya, bhindi, tomato,  jowar,  chilli,  til  etc.  have  been  notified  by  the  concerned  State  Governments  under PMFBY.
- (d): Yes,  Madam. The scheme envisages coverage of all farmers including sharecroppers and tenant farmers growing the notified crops in the notified areas.   Details of coverage are not available as the season is in progress.

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(e):  Yes,  Madam.    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 languages,  participation  in  agriculture  fairs  /  mela  /  goshti  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.  Statewise  details  of  seminars/kisan  fairs  held  at  KVKs  are  annexed.    In  addition,  several communications  have  also  been  sent  to  the  public  representatives  including  Members  of Parliament, representatives of Panchayti Raj Institutions etc.

ANNEXURE State wise Summary of PMFBY Awareness Campaign through KVKs

| State             | No. of KVKs which Organised the   | No. of Hon'ble Union Ministers attended programme programme   | No. of Hon'ble State Govt. Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Lok Sabha who participate d   | No. of Hon'ble 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   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
| State             | No. of KVKs which Organised the   | No. of Hon'ble Union Ministers attended programme programme   | No. of Hon'ble State Govt. Ministers who attended the programme   | No. of Hon'ble MPs of Lok Sabha who participate d   | No. of Hon'ble of Rajya Sabha participated   | No. of MLAs who Attended the programme   | Chairman/ Members Zila Panchayat s | Distt. Collector    | Bank Officials      | Farmer s              | Govt. Bank Officials, PRI members etc. | 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 & N Islands     | 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                   |
| Zone V            | 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                 |