After years of low rainfall devastating soya bean crops on his central Indian farm, Dileep Patidar last year planted the pulse urad as it needs less water and he counted on the government's crop ...

Crop insurance profits rise due to favorable monsoon and technology infusion, prompting some companies to re-enter the market ...

Mumbai: The state govt is considering scrapping its Re 1 crop insurance scheme which began two years ago after being ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme ...

India Ratings and Research projects 13% growth in general insurance industry driven by health and crop insurance segments.

Change is in the air as Silveus — the nation’s largest independent crop insurance provider — announced its acquisition by Risk Strategies, a private insurance brokerage and risk management ...

The Indian government's Digital Agriculture Mission aims to revolutionize farming through digital IDs for farmers and innovative technologies. With over 4.6 crore IDs issued and 7,708 lakh farmers ...

Former Haryana Agriculture Minister Karan Singh Dalal has alleged a crop insurance scam worth over Rs 300 crore under the ...

For many years the IRS in Publication 225 (The Farmers Tax Guide) had indicated that farmers could not elect to defer crop insurance proceeds to the following year for revenue protection (RP ...

India's government is accelerating the shift to digital crop surveys (DCS), aiming for nationwide coverage by the 2025-26 Kharif season. Replacing the manual Patwari-Girdawari system, DCS uses ...