TNPSC Thervupettagam

Maharashtra - PMFBY

January 8 , 2020 1807 days 1273 0
  • Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to integrate its land records with the web portal of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
  • The integration of land records with the PMFBY has helped in saving of time and plugging leakages as the land records will be available online.

About PMFBY

  • The PMFBY is the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme.
  • It was launched in 2016.
  • The scheme is administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
  • The scheme envisages a uniform premium of 2% to be paid by farmers for Kharif crops and 1.5% for Rabi crops.
  • The premium for annual commercial and horticultural crops will be 5%.

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