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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farm insurance coverage is poor: govt to House panel -AM Jigeesh

Farm insurance coverage is poor: govt to House panel -AM Jigeesh

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published Published on Oct 3, 2015   modified Modified on Oct 3, 2015
-The Hindu Business Line

New Delhi: The government has painted a grim picture of the crop insurance scenario in the country. Making a presentation before the Finance Standing Committee of Parliament, government representatives said the penetration of crop insurance was just about 23 per cent (369.94 lakh) of the total number of farmers.

A little more than 22 per cent of the gross crop area (455.63 lakh hectares) is covered under four insurance schemes – National Agricultural Insurance Scheme, Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme, Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme and Coconut Palm (Crop Specific) Insurance Scheme. Some of these schemes have been available for more than 15 years.

Composite scheme

The government informed the panel that it is considering introducing a composite agriculture insurance scheme that will provide coverage for life, accident, and agriculture machines/implements, besides crop losses. The government said it will design a portal for administrating crop insurance.

The panel, headed by veteran Congress MP Veerappa Moily, was informed by the government that it is coming with new initiatives to widen the ambit of agricultural insurance schemes. The officials said it would review the ongoing schemes to make them simple and understandable to farmers and reduce their share of premium.

It has also plans to set up automatic weather stations for better implementation of the Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme. The government told the MPs that publicity programmes will be launched to create awareness about the insurance schemes through different media.

New initiatives

The government listed new initiatives that include a faster method for yield assessment through remote sensing technology in collaboration with ISRO. Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre has initiated studies on this in Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to estimate the crop yield at taluka level for major crops.

The Hindu Business Line, 2 October, 2015, http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/farm-insurance-coverage-is-poor-govt-to-house-panel/article7716257.ece?homepage=true


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