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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Crop insurers made Rs 10,000 crore profit amid agrarian crisis: CSE -Jatin Gandhi

Crop insurers made Rs 10,000 crore profit amid agrarian crisis: CSE -Jatin Gandhi

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published Published on Jul 24, 2017   modified Modified on Jul 24, 2017
-Hindustan Times

The CSE report shows that insurance companies had only settled 32.45% of the claims made till April 2017.

New Delhi:
An independent evaluation of the Modi government’s much-touted crop insurance scheme has showed that insurers gained nearly Rs 10,000 crore in gross profit during the last kharif season, from June to November 2016.

However, it settled less than a third of the crop-loss claims filed till early this year.

The report released on Friday by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) showed state-level “implementation gaps” in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), which replaced the previous National Agricultural Insurance Scheme in April 2016. These discrepancies could negate the benefits accorded by the scheme to farmers, the non-profit think tank said.

The CSE report cited state-wise data from the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare to show that insurance companies had only settled 32.45% of the claims made till April 2017.

While farmers raised claims for nearly Rs 6,000 crore, they were paid less than Rs 2,000 crore.

Citing data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, the CSE pointed out that insurance companies grossed more than Rs 15,891 crore in premiums.

The claims amounted to a little over Rs 5,962 crore. Of this, less than a third was paid out. “Data released by the IRDAI indicates that the PMFBY played a significant role in the non-life insurance industry in financial year 2016-17,” the report added.

However, insurance companies contended that the gap between the premium collected and the claims processed will go down as the scheme covers more farmers. “Kharif 2016 was a good period for agriculture. There was undoubtedly a surplus this time, but it’s like a reserve for the future. Claim settlements are still on,” said Ajay Singhal, deputy general manager (crop insurance) at the Agriculture Insurance Company of India.

The premium for crop insurance under the government scheme is heavily subsidised, with the Centre and state governments pitching in to share subsidy costs. However, the think tank’s findings suggested that state governments – in several instances – wanted to keep their outflows low.

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Hindustan Times, 22 July, 2017, http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/crop-insurers-made-rs-10-000-crore-profit-amid-agrarian-crisis-cse/story-8lL12Lu4Si75gSmEJ1g8YJ.html


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