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Cabinet approves continuation of PM Fasal Bima Yojana
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|January 02, 2025
Nine major states are currently implementing this scheme, other states are also being on-boarded expeditiously
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26 with an overall outlay of Rs.69,515.71 crore from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
The decision will help in risk coverage of crops from non-preventable natural calamities for farmers across the country till 2025-26.
In addition to the same, for large scale technology infusion in implementation of the scheme leading to increasing transparency and claim calculation and settlement, the Union Cabinet has also approved creation of Fund for Innovation and Technology (FIAT) with a corpus of Rs 824.77 crore.
The fund will be utilised towards funding technological initiatives under the scheme namely, YES-TECH, WINDS, etc as well as Research and Development studies.
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