(a) the criteria laid down to determine the unit area of crop insurance under National
Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS);
(b) whether the Government of Madhya Pradesh has submitted any proposal to the Union
Government to consider Patwari circle/Halka as a unit of NAIS;
(c) if so, whether the Union Government has forwarded its approval to the Agriculture
Insurance Company of India Limited which is the implementing agency; and
(d) if so, the time by which approval is likely to be accorded?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a): As per provision of the Scheme each participating State/UT is allowed to notify any unit
area of insurance i.e. block, tehsil, mandal, hobli, patwari circle, gram panchayat etc., if the
implementing State has the capacity to undertake requisite number of Crop Cutting Experiments
(CCEs) under single series of CCEs for making assessment of yield.
(b): Yes, Sir.
(c): The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC) which is the Implementing
Agency (IA) of the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) has already apprised the
State Government about the conditions viz. undertaking requisite number of CCEs, maintenance
of single series of CCEs etc. for reducing the unit area of insurance to Patwari Halka.
(d): Does not arise.