Question
Regarding the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY),
consider the following statements: 1) PMFBY was launched in the 2016 Kharif season to provide comprehensive insurance coverage to farmers in case of crop failure, helping stabilize their incomes. 2) PMFBY is currently the largest crop insurance scheme in the world in terms of farmer enrolments. 3) State governments choose insurance companies in this scheme. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Solution
PMFBY was introduced during the 2016 Kharif season. To give farmers full insurance coverage in the event of crop failure and stabilize their incomes, The general insurance companies that have been appointed to implement the scheme. It is upgraded/modified on a timely basis considering the current political climate and the need for policy involvement in crop insurance in the nation. The Scheme includes all food and oil seed crops as well as annual commercial and horticultural crops for which past yield information is available and for which the necessary number of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) are being conducted as part of the General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES). All farmers are free to participate in the updated Scheme starting in Kharif 2020, and the States have chosen the Insurance Companies for three years in a row. Hence, statements 1 and 3 are correct. In terms of farmer participation, PMFBY is currently the largest crop insurance programme worldwide enrolments, which average 5.5 crore applications annually and rank third in terms of premiums gotten. Farmers have paid a premium over the course of its implementation's last six years.25,186 billion rupees and got claims totalling 1.26 lakh billion rupees (as of 31st October 2022). Hence, statement 2 is correct
Which of the following is called Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI)?
What is the repo rate as of February 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Which of the following is not a regulator of financial sector
What is the name of RBI’s campaign promoting safe banking practices?
________ happen when RBI desires that liquidity should be squeezed from the economy but Banks are not eager to deposit money with RBI at rate fixed by RBI.
What is the purpose of the recent partnership between SIDBI, C2treds, and UGRO Capital?
Open market operations, one of the monetary measures taken by RBI is:
Which committee is responsible for deciding the Repo Rate in India?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The NEP 2020 replaces the National Policy on Education of 1986.
2. A committee under ...
What was the specific reason RBI imposed a penalty of ₹31.80 lakh on Bank of Maharashtra?