Crop insurance claims at Rs 9,570 cr for 2020-21 lower by over 60 pc from previous year

PMFBY was launched in 2016-17 with many improvements over the erstwhile crop insurance schemes. The operational guidelines of the scheme were revised with effect from Rabi 2018 and kharif 2020, respectively, to ensure the benefits reached farmers adequate and timely.

from Economic Times https://ift.tt/31j1cIf