 "30% of area sown under rabi crops gets PM insurance cover")
More than 19 million hectares have come under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during the current rabi season, covering around 30 per cent of the total sown area of 64.5 million hectares.
According to preliminary estimates by insurance companies and state agencies till Friday, the total sum insured for the winter crops has jumped almost 50 per cent to Rs 68,230 crore, compared to the earlier season.
Around 16.4 million farmers have been brought under the ambit of the Prime Minister’s crop insurance and weather-based crop insurance schemes as against 17.5 million farmers in the previous rabi season.
“The number
