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Centre includes wild animal attacks, paddy inundation under farm insurance scheme
Centre includes wild animal attacks, paddy inundation under farm insurance scheme
The Union Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) recognised the modalities for covering crop loss due to wild animal attacks and paddy inundation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Farmers' groups have been demanding that the government compensate for both types of crop loss.
The Ministry said that in the revised framework, crop loss due to wild animal attacks would now be recognised as the fifth ‘Add-on Cover' under the ‘Localised Risk' category.
“States will notify the list of wild animals responsible for crop damage and identify vulnerable districts or insurance units based on historical data. Farmers will be required to report losses within 72 hours using the Crop Insurance App by uploading geotagged photographs,” the government release said.
The new guidelines will be implemented from the kharif season of 2026.
“For years, farmers across India have suffered increasing crop losses due to attacks by wild animals such as elephants, wild boars, nilgai, deer, and monkeys. These incidents are particularly common in regions situated near forests, wildlife corridors, and hilly terrains. Until now, such losses often went uncompensated as they were not covered under crop insurance,” the government said.
The release added that paddy farmers in flood-prone and coastal States had been repeatedly affected by inundation during heavy rains and overflowing waterways.
“Paddy inundation was removed from the localised calamity category in 2018 due to concerns about moral hazard and the difficulty of assessing submerged crops. However, its exclusion led to a significant protection gap for farmers in districts prone to seasonal flooding,” the government said.
“This coverage is expected to significantly benefit farmers in States with high human–wildlife conflict, including Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, as well as the Himalayan and North-Eastern States such as Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh, where incidents of wild animal depredation are frequent and widespread,” the Ministry said.
Published - November 18, 2025 09:12 pm IST
India / news media / Agriculture / arable farming / agriculture / agricultural research and technology
Source: TheHindu
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