CROP INSURANCE IN INDIA DR. ASHISH KUMAR BHUTANI

Transcript:CROP INSURANCE IN INDIA DR. ASHISH KUMAR BHUTANI:
CROP INSURANCE IN INDIA DR. ASHISH KUMAR BHUTANI JOINT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE GOVT. OF INDIA Brief country profile / vital statistics Various risks to agriculture Climate Change, its impact and measures initiated Evolution of crop insurance in India Ongoing Schemes w.e.f. April 2016 (Summer ‘ 2016) Features of ongoing schemes New initiatives Statistics on coverage STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION A BRIEF PROFILE OF INDIA Geographical Area : 329 million hectare (including land area of 306 million hectare) States : 29 Union Territories (UTs) : 7 Districts : 683 Gram Panchayats : 257000 (approx) Villages : 640000 (approx) Net Area sown (2012-13) : 140 mn ha Cropped Area : 194 mn ha Cropping Intensity: 138.92 No. of farmers (land holdings) : 137.75 million (2010-11) POPULATION (IN MILLION) (CENSUS:2011) *At present : 1300 million (approx). SECTOR-WISE %AGE SHARE IN GROSS VALUE ADDED (GVA) DISTRIBUTION OF LAND HOLDING (Agriculture Census: 2010-11) PRODUCTION OF MAIN CROPS : 2014-15 (million tonnes) LOANS ISSUED TO RAISE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION : 2014-15 (Short-term crop loan) 8 VARIOUS RISKS TO AGRICULTURE Vagaries of weather - rainfall (drought / flood) - temperature (high / low) - humidity - wind - cyclone - storm / hailstorm Pest & diseases Landslide Inundation Natural fire and lightening Recent Global Climate Change GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE VIS-A-VIS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE IN INDIA The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been bringing out various assessment reports on climate change since 1990. IPCC has projected 1.8–4.0 degree Celsius increase in temperature by end of this century due to the global atmospheric concentrations of various particles / agents (CO2, CH4, N2O). IPCC also anticipated for more tense tropical cyclones with larger peak wind speed and heavier precipitation. Sea level would rise by 0.18-0.59 meter. Above pattern of climate change would adversely affect the agriculture & allied sectors thereby, food supply. 10 CLIMATE CHANGE : IMPACT ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has analyzed the problem and assessed the impact of climate change on agriculture. Reduction in crop yield has been projected for irrigated Maize 18%, irrigated Wheat 6%, irrigated rice 4%, rainfed rice 6% and rainfed Sorghum 2.5% by 2020. Crops identified as risk-prone to climate change are : - Rice & Wheat in Indo-Gangatic Plains, - Rice & Sorghum in rainfed regions, - Kharif Maize in irrigated zones - Potato in West Bengal & Southern plateau region. 11 R &