(a) whether there is any proposal to include crops like coconut, arecanut, rubber, cardamom, tea and coffee under National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) as recommended by Kerala Government;
(b) if so, the action taken thereon; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a): No, Sir.
(b): Does not arise.
(c): These crops are not covered because of non-availability of adequate past yield data and difficulty in assessing the yield due to the multi-picking nature of the crops.