SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jul, 2018
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said that
coverage of crop insurance by non-loanee farmers had increased by 102
per cent since the Narendra Modi government came to power.
"In
last four years, coverage of farm loans has increased by 34.76 per cent
for loanee farmers while by 102 per cent for non-loanee farmers," he
said during the dialogue on "New Vision for Agriculture & Food
Processing Sector" organised by business chamber Ficci.
Singh
also said the farm loan coverage under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
had increased by 63.68 per cent in kharif season 2017-18 when compared
to that previous season.
