(a) the details of farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), district-wise for Maharashtra;
(b) whether many crops including commercial crops have not been covered in this insurance scheme;
(c) if so, the details thereof, crop-wise; and
(d) the immediate steps taken by the Government to bring these crops under the ambit of the abovementioned scheme along with the time by which these crops are likely to be covered under this scheme?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a) : District-wise details of farmer applications enrolled during 2020-21 in Maharashtra under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) are Annexed.
(b) to (d) : The PMFBY envisages coverage of all food crops (cereals, millets and pulses), oilseeds and commercial/horticultural crops subject to availability of past yield data of requisite number of years based on Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) as well as capacity of the State Government to conduct requisite number of CCEs to assess the yield of the crop to calculate claims. For the crops not meeting the aforesaid conditions, the concerned State Government is free to notify them for coverage under Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS).
The PMFBY is voluntary for States as well as for farmers. The Government is persuading the States/UTs from time to time to notify more crops and areas under the scheme.