Prof K Nageshwar's video: 7 Parliament Panel report exposes PM Fasal Bima Yojana

మోడీ ఫసల్ బీమాకు 7 రాష్ట్రాలు దూరం || Parliament Panel report exposes PM Fasal Bima Yojana || A parliamentary panel has pointed out falling footprints of the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme and expressed concerns over its withdrawal or non-implementation in seven states, saying more such examples in subsequent years and "delay in settlement of claims" will defeat its very purpose. The standing committee on agriculture, in its report tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, said that though most of the withdrawing states are implementing their own schemes, the central government must properly look into the reasons/factors leading to the withdrawal or non-implementation of its Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Punjab had never joined this central crop insurance scheme, which provides insurance coverage to the farmers against crop loss on account of natural calamities, whereas Bihar and West Bengal had withdrawn from it in 2018 and 2019 respectively. On the other hand, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and Jharkhand did not implement the scheme last year. The states cited “financial constraints” and “low claim ratio during normal seasons” as the major reasons for non-implementation of the scheme. The PMFBY was launched with effect from April 1, 2016, after rolling back earlier schemes to include more risks under crop insurance cover and make it more affordable to the farmers. It was very well received by the farmers in the first year. Its coverage was 30% of Gross Cropped Area (GCA) in 2016-17—the highest coverage in the history of crop insurance in India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parl-panel-flags-decreasing-coverage-under-fasal-bima-scheme/articleshow/85262863.cms