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PMFBY
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Precision & digital, IndiaAgri ministry has been permitted to use drones under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)The civil aviation ministry and DGCA have given the agriculture ministry a conditional exemption to fly drones for gram panchayat-level yield estimation in about 100 districts under PMFBY.
- Precision & digital, IndiaIndian agriculture department to fly drones over 100 districts; DGCA grants permitThe DGCA has allowed the agriculture department to fly drones over 100 rice and wheat districts to estimate crop yields and speed up claim settlements under PMFBY.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRecent agriculture schemes by the NDA governmentA guide to seven farm schemes launched by the NDA government, from eNAM and PM-KISAN to crop insurance, irrigation and organic farming programmes.
- Soil, water & climate, HaryanaRain and hailstorm destroyed crops on an area of 35K hectares in Jhajjar districtRain and hail destroyed standing wheat and mustard in 130 villages of Jhajjar district, with the agriculture department assessing losses on 35,904 hectares.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanVictory for farmers in prolonged battle over crop insurance in RajasthanFarmers in Satlana, Jodhpur, have received kharif 2016 crop insurance claims under PMFBY after a High Court PIL, having been denied them over missing soft-copy records.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUS, EU, Canada question India’s agricultural trade practices in WTOAt a WTO agriculture committee meeting, the US, EU and Canada asked India about rice exports from public stocks, input subsidies, loan waivers and PM-KISAN eligibility.