(a) whether the Government have a proposal to introduce insurance for all the crops
in the country;
(b) whether the Government of Karnataka has requested to extend the National
Agricultural Insurance Scheme to more crops; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)
(a): No Sir, however, National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS), covers all the
food crops, Oilseeds and all the annual commercial/horticultural crops for which yield
data for sufficient number of years is available.
(b)&(c): No Sir, however, Government of Karnataka requested, sometime back, for
inclusion of horticultural crops like onion and potato. These crops are in the category of
annual commercial/ horticultural crops, which have already been covered under NAIS.