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Crop insurance claims worth Rs 2,761.10 crore under PMFBY were pending till 2021-22, with Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat being the states with the most pending claims..
Crop insurance claims worth around Rs 2,761.10 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) were pending till 2021-22, with maximum pendency of claims in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat, Parliament was informed on Tuesday..
"However, settlement of few claims in some states got delayed due to reasons like delayed transmission of yield data; late release of their share in premium subsidy, yield-related disputes between insurance companies and states...," Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, in his written reply to the Lok Sabha, said...
The minister said that all the major work relating to the assessment of crop yield/crop loss for calculation of admissible claims are being performed by the concerned state government or joint committee of state government officials and concerned insurance companies...
Insurance companies have disbursed claims to the tune Rs 209.57 crore on pro-rata basis, benefitting around 4.82 lakh farmers throughout the country, Further in Jharkhand, with the intervention of the central government, an amount of Rs 764 crore has been disbursed for Kharif 2018 to Rabi 2019-20, he added...
