Tag: Crop insurance

National
Apple Growers Face Price Crash, AIKS Seeks Market Intervention Before India-New Zealand FTA

Apple Growers Face Price Crash, AIKS Seeks Market Intervention Before India-New Zealand FTA

The All India Kisan Sabha has demanded urgent market intervention for apple growers...

States
Heavy Rain Hits Uttar Pradesh, Damages Kharif Crops; 25 Times More Rainfall Recorded in a Day

Heavy Rain Hits Uttar Pradesh, Damages Kharif Crops; 25 Times More Rainfall Recorded in a Day

Heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh have triggered flood-like conditions across several...

National
IRDAI flags pricing risks in PMFBY, proposes one-third premium for EoM calculation

IRDAI flags pricing risks in PMFBY, proposes one-third premium for EoM calculation

IRDAI has proposed that only one-third of the gross premium under the Pradhan Mantri...

States
Maharashtra Farmers Need Immediate Drought Declaration, Rs 50,000/ha Aid: Sharad Pawar

Maharashtra Farmers Need Immediate Drought Declaration, Rs 50,000/ha Aid: Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar has urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to immediately...

National
Wild Animal Attacks and Paddy Inundation Covered Under Fasal Bima Yojana

Wild Animal Attacks and Paddy Inundation Covered Under Fasal Bima Yojana

Crop loss caused by wild animal attacks will now be recognized as the fifth Add-on...

National
Cabinet approves modifications to PMFBY and RWBCIS, ₹824.77 crore fund for innovation & technology

Cabinet approves modifications to PMFBY and RWBCIS, ₹824.77 crore fund for innovation & technology

The schemes aim to provide risk coverage for crops against non-preventable natural...

Cooperatives
CSC signs MoU with IFFCO to empower 10000 FPOs with agriculture inputs

CSC signs MoU with IFFCO to empower 10000 FPOs with agriculture inputs

The MoU will enable FPOs to access vital agricultural inputs such as fertilizers,...

National
Farmers Propose Affordable Loans, GST Removal on Agri Inputs, and Increased PM-Kisan Aid in Pre-Budget Talks

Farmers Propose Affordable Loans, GST Removal on Agri Inputs, and Increased PM-Kisan Aid in Pre-Budget Talks

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman convened a meeting on Saturday with farmers'...

Ground Report
Farmers in Uttarakhand Face Insurance Woes After Apple Crop Losses

Farmers in Uttarakhand Face Insurance Woes After Apple Crop Losses

Farmers are embroiled in a struggle with both the state’s horticulture department...

National
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

The enrollment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana PMFBY has increased by 27...

National
AIKS says govt has betrayed farmers on legal guarantee of MSP, debt relief, etc

AIKS says govt has betrayed farmers on legal guarantee of MSP, debt relief, etc

AIKS, the farmers’ wing of the CPI, feels betrayed by the government as the latter...