Budget--Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)-2016-17

Budget of Rs. 5501.15 crore for Implantation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) During 2016-17. 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.

Budget--Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)-2016-17