New Delhi, Nov 19: A budget provision of Rs. 5501.15 crore has been made for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during 2016-17.
As per provisions of PMFBY, admissible claims are worked out on the basis of yield data generated from Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) submitted by concerned State Governments to the insurance companies. Hence, the number of beneficiaries (to whom the claims are paid) are known only thereafter. The cut-off date for receipt of yield data for Kharif 2016 season is one month from the final harvest i.e. 15th December, 2016. Claims are estimated accordingly.
State-wise details of farmers covered under PMFBY/Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) are given below.
State-wise details* of loanee and non-loanee farmers covered under PMFBY and WBCIS (combined) during Kharif 2016
| Sl.
No |
States/UTs | No. of Farmers Insured (Lakhs) |
| 1 | Assam | 0.51 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 15.09 |
| 3 | Bihar | 13.98 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 13.26 |
| 5 | Goa | 0.007 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 11.91 |
| 7 | Haryana | 6.96 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 0.97 |
| 9 | Jharkhand | 8.49 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 10.59 |
| 11 | Kerala | 0.22 |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 36.54 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 66.79 |
| 14 | Manipur | Data not available |
| 15 | Meghalaya | 0.0006 |
| 16 | Odisha | 17.46 |
| 17 | Rajasthan | 53.05 |
| 18 | Tamil Nadu | 0.13 |
| 19 | Telangana | 6.55 |
| 20 | Tripura | 0.02 |
| 21 | Uttar Pradesh | 30.04 |
| 22 | Uttarakhand | 1.28 |
| 23 | West Bengal | 32.40 |
| Total | 326.25 |
*Provisional.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Parshottam Rupala, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Source: PIB
