Agriculture
Agriculture Insurance Company of India joins hand with Gramcover for rural insurance
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh rapid in agri-schemes implementation
Tractor Finance – A Boon for Farmers
Financing a Tractor Purchase
Agriculture insurance coverage needs to improve: RBI
Tenders for Rs 100 crore farmers’ health insurance scheme soon
The state directorate for agriculture and food production, which has been appointed as the nodal agency for implementing the farmers’ insurance scheme under the Biju Krushak Kalyan Yojna, will float a tender by the end of this month to select the service provider for the scheme, estimated to cost the exchequer about Rs 100 crore.
Tenders for Rs 100 crore farmers’ health insurance scheme soon
The state directorate for agriculture and food production, which has been appointed as the nodal agency for implementing the farmers’ insurance scheme under the Biju Krushak Kalyan Yojna, will float a tender by the end of this month to select the service provider for the scheme, estimated to cost the exchequer about Rs 100 crore.
Weather insurance Agriculture and algorithms
IN INDIA, when monsoons are delayed and crops fail as a result, farmers often don’t know how to pay back the debts they have taken on to purchase seeds. More than 15,000 commit suicide every year. These fates are a shocking reminder of a global problem caused by global warming. Farming has always been a gamble, but the growing number of “unusual weather eventsâ€, as experts call them, make seeding and harvesting an even riskier business. Read more
Crop insurance: Benefits of rain-based crop insurance
Rainfall-based crop insurance should extend to agricultural labour. — Akhilesh Kumar
Insurance paid on the basis of rainfall is cost-effective and complements caste-based support networks. Read more