Question raised in Lok Sabha on crop insurance scheme, 21/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on crop insurance scheme, 21/07/2015. In order to protect farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities, pests & diseases, weather conditions, Government of India is implementing National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) with component schemes of Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) and Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS). In addition, National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) which was to be withdrawn after implementation of NCIP from Rabi 2013-14, has been allowed to be continued on request of States. These schemes envisages coverage of food crop, oilseeds, pulses, annual commercial horticultural and some horticultural/plantation crops for which yield data/weather data is available for sufficient number of years. Details of crops covered so far, are given in Annexure. Since inception of the crop insurance schemes in 1999-2000 till Rabi 2014-15 about 3226 lakh farmers have been insured and claims have been paid to about 1108 lakh farmers under various crop insurance schemes.