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Gujarat Launches New Scheme To Compensate Farmers For Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Monday launched a new scheme under which farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without collection of any premium from them.
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"Not Loan Waivers": Raghuram Rajan On What Will Solve Farm Distress
The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.
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Centre's Crop Insurance Scheme A 'Scam', Betrays Farmers: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today termed the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoajana (PMFBY), a crop insurance scheme, as a "big scam" and demanded that it be scrapped. He alleged that the scheme was meant to benefit insurance companies instead of farmers. "The (Pradhan Mantri) Fasal Bima Yojana is a big scam. It is betraying the farmers. Withou...
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Claims Of Rs 9,628 Crore Paid Under PM's Crop Insurance Scheme In 2017
Farmers have been paid claims of Rs 9,628 crore for kharif season 2017 under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Parliament was told on Tuesday.
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PM Modi Slams Karnataka Government Over Slipshod Implementation Of Crop Insurance Scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today came down hard on the Siddaramaiah government in poll-bound Karnataka for being "indifferent" to farm distress and not implementing the crop insurance scheme effectively and stressed that welfare of farmers was his government's top priority.
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Budget 2018 May Allocate Rs 13,000 Crore For Crop Insurance Scheme
Government is likely to increase the budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to Rs 13,000 crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10,701 crore for the current financial year, sources said.
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Over 90 Lakh Farmers Benefited From Crop Insurance Scheme, PM Modi Told
Over 90 lakh farmers have benefited from the crop insurance scheme during the Kharif season last year and the Rabi season in 2016-17, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told in New Delhi today.
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PSU General Insurers Allowed To Sell Government's Crop Insurance Schemes
The government has now allowed all the four public sector general insurers to participate in its ambitious farm insurance schemes - Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Unified Package Insurance Scheme - with a potential of over $2.5 billion in premium collection.
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Gujarat Launches New Scheme To Compensate Farmers For Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Monday launched a new scheme under which farmers facing crop losses due to drought, excess rain or unseasonal rain will get compensation without collection of any premium from them.
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"Not Loan Waivers": Raghuram Rajan On What Will Solve Farm Distress
The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.
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Centre's Crop Insurance Scheme A 'Scam', Betrays Farmers: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today termed the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoajana (PMFBY), a crop insurance scheme, as a "big scam" and demanded that it be scrapped. He alleged that the scheme was meant to benefit insurance companies instead of farmers. "The (Pradhan Mantri) Fasal Bima Yojana is a big scam. It is betraying the farmers. Withou...
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Claims Of Rs 9,628 Crore Paid Under PM's Crop Insurance Scheme In 2017
Farmers have been paid claims of Rs 9,628 crore for kharif season 2017 under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Parliament was told on Tuesday.
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PM Modi Slams Karnataka Government Over Slipshod Implementation Of Crop Insurance Scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today came down hard on the Siddaramaiah government in poll-bound Karnataka for being "indifferent" to farm distress and not implementing the crop insurance scheme effectively and stressed that welfare of farmers was his government's top priority.
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Budget 2018 May Allocate Rs 13,000 Crore For Crop Insurance Scheme
Government is likely to increase the budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to Rs 13,000 crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10,701 crore for the current financial year, sources said.
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Over 90 Lakh Farmers Benefited From Crop Insurance Scheme, PM Modi Told
Over 90 lakh farmers have benefited from the crop insurance scheme during the Kharif season last year and the Rabi season in 2016-17, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told in New Delhi today.
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PSU General Insurers Allowed To Sell Government's Crop Insurance Schemes
The government has now allowed all the four public sector general insurers to participate in its ambitious farm insurance schemes - Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Unified Package Insurance Scheme - with a potential of over $2.5 billion in premium collection.
