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After a lull, the government’s flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), seems to have picked up pace again with farmer enrolment touching a high of 25 million in the just-concluded kharif season.
Of this, almost 44.5 per cent (or 11.1 million) are farmers, who have not taken a loan. The total enrolment is the highest since 2018, data showed. In the previous kharif season, around 20.4 million farmers opted for PMFBY, of which, around 42 per cent were non-loanees. A rise in the number of non-loanee farmers under PMFBY is an indicator of voluntary acceptance of the
