Crop Damage, Insurance and India’s Agricultural Growth India’s agriculture sector showed resilience in 2025 despite hydro-meteorological shocks that affected an estimated 116.60 lakh hectares of cropped area across several States and UTs. The Centre and states have followed established disaster-management and crop-insurance mechanisms including SDRF/NDRF aid and Pradhan Mantri Fasal…
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Shivraj Singh Orders Probe into ₹1 Crop Insurance Claims
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has taken strong exception to reports of farmers receiving meagre crop insurance claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). In a high-level meeting held in Delhi, he directed immediate investigations into cases where claims as low as…
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National Agri Conference Rabi Abhiyan 2025 Opens in Delhi
New Delhi: The two-day National Agriculture Conference – Rabi Abhiyan 2025 began today at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, with Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan pledging a stronger push for farmer welfare, strict action against spurious farm inputs, and a renewed focus on making…