No discrepancy found in UP crop data, government says
The question asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to provide details on insurance claim settlements, discrepancies in crop data, and the inclusion of tenant farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in Uttar Pradesh, specifically Jaunpur district.
Asked by Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha and Shri Devesh Shakya; Answered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan).
- The government states that no discrepancy was found in Crop Cutting Experiment (CCE) data in Uttar Pradesh.
- 96% of CCEs in Uttar Pradesh were conducted via the CCE Agri App in 2025-26.
- YES-TECH (technology-based yield estimation) has been implemented with a mandatory 30% weightage nationally and 50% weightage in Uttar Pradesh for 2025-26.
- Total reported claims in UP from 2021-22 to 2025-26 were Rs. 3,741.95 Crore, with Rs. 3,669.90 Crore paid.
- Since the scheme's inception in 2016, 98.93% of total reported claims (Rs. 6,663.75 Crore out of Rs. 6,736.08 Crore) have been paid to farmers in UP.
- Pending claims are attributed to unverified bank account details of farmers and pending claim liability of the State Government.
- In Jaunpur district, 180 sharecroppers and 484 tenant farmers were enrolled in the last five years.
- A penalty of 12% is automatically levied on insurance companies for delays in claim settlement, effective from Kharif 2024.
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Document details
| Official title | Insurance Claim received by UP Farmers |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Questions & Answers (Lok Sabha, starred) |
| Reference number | LS Q24 (Session 8) |
| Status | closed (question) |
| Year | 21.0 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |