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Hardly one-fourth of farmers are covered under crop insurance
- | Monday | 24th September, 2018
Not more than one-fourth of the more than 76 lakh farmers in the State are covered under it. Only 16.94 lakh to 20.42 lakh farmers are covered from 2011-12 to 2016-17. Close to 95 lakh farmers were covered under insurance since 2011-12 to 2016-17. More strikingly, non-loanee farmers, who are covered under the insurance, are not more than 1.38 lakh. And, 17.33 lakh farmers were benefited between 2011-12 and 2015-16, official source say.
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