Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...

Suvendu Adhikari announced that West Bengal will align with Ayushman Bharat and implement several flagship central schemes following the fi...

The unrest in West Asia highlights India's urgent need for improved risk management strategies. This is a crucial time for India to pinpoin...

The Central government is set to release ₹3,200 crore as the first installment of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, benefiting approxim...

The Telangana government has decided to rejoin the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) scheme to provide crop insurance to farmers. Ch...

As per the MoU, UNDP will provide responsive, demand-driven technical assistance for effective implementation of agriculture credit and cro...

Mohanty has been appointed as the Joint Secretary, PMO for a combined tenure up to May 1, 2022 by temporarily upgrading the post of directo...

Praising Prime Minister Modi’s vision to provide financial security to the farmers of India from vagaries of nature and to secure their har...

The crop insurance scheme launched by the government has benefitted crores of farmers by mitigating farming risks against the vagaries of n...

Over 10 crore Soil Health Cards have already been alloted, he said, adding work on alloting 9.82 crore cards in the second phase is underwa...

In major agri states like UP, Rajasthan and Gujarat, insurance companies have already settled 90 per cent of claims

For Rahul Gandhi's reported remark that Congress is a party of Muslims, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that this shows the party's mentality wh...

PMFBY was launched in 2016 under which farmers pay very nominal premium and get full claim for damages. The scheme is being implemented in ...

As per the current scheme, the government had allotted Rs 5,500 crore under crop insurance for both Rabi and Kharif products.

Earlier, state government had made a plea before the centre to extend the financial support to meet the state share in this scheme.

The revamped schemes would help farmers insure their crops against natural calamities in an efficient way because insurance companies will ...

Government is targeting to double the insurance coverage under crop insurance through Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in a couple of years.