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Senior agriculture department officials, who were present for the review meeting called by state’s agriculture minister Dadasaheb Bhuse a couple of days ago, revealed that moves are afoot to get out of the scheme after receiving complaints about delays in payment of claims by insurance companies.

At the meeting, farmers and farm leaders alleged that the assessment of crop damage under the scheme was faulty and farmers have to struggle to get their compensation from insurance firms. This Rabi season, around 12.50 lakh farmers participated in the scheme and normally over 1 crore applications are received from farmers under the Kharif and Rabi seasons. After listening to representations by farmer organisations, the state’s agriculture minister directed officials to study the issue and draft a proposal on these lines. Due to several flaws in the PMFBY, losses incurred during the last two Kharif and Rabi seasons have not been compensated. The insurance companies still owe farmers Rs 271 crore in insurance claims for the 2020 season officials said. Insurance claims of Rs 2,800 crore for the Kharif 2021 are still being worked out, they said.

States and UTs can participate in the scheme keeping in view their risk perception and financial considerations. Since the inception of the scheme, 27 states and UTs implemented the PMFBY in one or more seasons. Under PMFBY, premium to be paid by farmers is fixed at 1.5% of the sum insured for rabi crops and 2% for kharif crops, while it is 5% for cash crops. The balance premium is split equally between the Centre and states. Many states have demanded their share of the premium subsidy be capped at 30%. Already, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar have exited PMFBY, citing the cost of the premium subsidy to be borne by them. Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have adopted the Beed formula in several districts.

Following this, the Centre had written to state governments seeking their views on including the ‘Beed formula’ as an option under PMFBY. Under the ‘Beed formula’, also known as the 80-110 plan, the insurer’s potential losses are circumscribed – the firm does not have to entertain claims above 110% of the gross premium. The insurer will refund the premium surplus (gross premium minus claims) exceeding 20% of gross premium to the state government. The state government has to bear the cost of any claims above 110% of the premium collected to insulate the insurer from losses, but such higher level of claims rarely occurs, so the states reckon the formula in effect reduces their cost to run the scheme. Bhuse said that the Maharashtra government had written to the Centre seeking the inclusion of the ‘Beed formula’ but not much happened after that.

In December last year, the Centre appointed two separate groups of experts to suggest suitable working models with cost benefit analysis that will lower crop insurance premium and technology in crop yield estimation under PMFBY after the exit of several states from the scheme, citing high premium.

Farmers in Bihar experienced fertilizer shortages during the Kharif season last year as well, due to insufficient supply from the central government. According to reports, thousands of farmers in the state’s flood-prone northern districts and drought-prone southern districts are struggling to find urea.

These include the districts of Khagaria, Katihar, Saharsa, Madhepura, Supaul, Purnea, and Araria in the Koshi-Seemanchal region, as well as Rohtas, Darbhanga, Buxar, and Patna.

The shortage of urea, a fertilizer essential for rabi crops, primarily wheat and maize, is due to its inaccessibility at officially designated fertilizer dealer shops in communities across the state. Hundreds of farmers have taken to the streets to protest the shortage in various parts of the state.

Balmiki Sharma, a farmer in Patna’s Paliganj block, said fertilizer was completely unavailable at dealer shops. “Everyone is crying out for fertilizer,” he said.

Sharma, the secretary of Paliganj Bitarni Krishak Samiti, a farmers’ organization that works in 50 villages, told that the government had failed to arrange for fertilizer and ensure its delivery to farmers.

“Dealerships have informed farmers that they do not have a single bag of urea.” However, it is available on the black market. “The government’s promises to assist farmers in increasing their income are only on paper,” he said.

“We have been experiencing a fertilizer crisis during the rabi season, and the government has done nothing to address it.” Farmers are powerless. Our rabi crops will suffer due to a lack of urea,” said Anjani Yadav, a marginal farmer in Parbatta, Khagaria.

Yadav stated that he desperately needed urea for his maize and wheat, but that it was not available at dealers’ shops. Maize is a cash crop for farmers in the Koshi-Seemanchal region, which is a major producer of “yellow gold,” as maize is known locally. Another farmer, Balkrishna Patel of Katihar, said the input cost of maize cultivation had increased this rabi season because farmers were forced to buy fertilizer at higher prices on the black market.

“Dealers are refusing fertilizer to farmers, citing a lack of supply, despite the fact that urea is available on the open market at higher prices.” “All of this is possible because of the powerful nexus of traders and government officials,” Patel, a member of the Kisan Adhikar Morcha, explained.

According to farmers, a 45 kilogramme urea bag costs Rs 450-500, despite the fact that the government rate is Rs 266. Patel stated that the planting of rabi crops had been postponed due to a lack of diammonium phosphate (DAP). Without DAP, a large number of farmers were unable to sow on time.

With over 6.5 million downloads and 1.3 million monthly active users, Krishify is India’s largest social network for farmers and rural communities. Krishify is building India “agriverse”, where farmers, rural families, retailers, traders, and agribusiness companies can seamlessly discover, interact, and transact among themselves. Leveraging machine learning, AI, and NLP, Krishify’s app delivers highly personalized experiences to agriverse participants.

Based in Gurugram, Krishify was founded in 2019 by IIT alumni Rajesh Ranjan, Manish Agrawal, and Avinash Kumar. Rajesh was previously a Product Manager with Analytics Vidhya, and earlier co-founded Instano, a virtual shopping mobile app that was later acquired by MagicTiger. Manish previously worked as a Senior Engineer at Rivigo while Avinash earlier was a UPSC aspirant.

Krishify plans to use this round for accelerating pan-India growth and to further refine the technology for an enhanced user experience in the agriverse. Krishify is also accelerating monetization on the network via advertising, lead generation, and marketing services for companies targeting rural consumers.

Commenting on the investment, Rajesh Ranjan, Co-Founder of Krishify, said, “We are excited to partner with Omnivore in our journey to build India’s agriverse. More and more Indian farmers are connecting via Krishify every day, as the network breaks down geographic barriers and helps people interact to access knowledge and do business.  We recently met a third-generation guava farmer in Rajasthan who was selling record numbers of guava saplings to farmers across Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra who only could have ever discovered him through the Krishify app.”

“Rising smartphone penetration in rural India has presented an opportunity to construct a farmer-centric social network for India’s 130 million cultivators and their families, a total population of over 600 million,” said Mark Kahn, Managing Partner of Omnivore. Through peer-to-peer involvement, Krishify is creating a content-centric agriverse to enable farmers and rural communities achieve greater prosperity and joy.”

Karnataka State Sugarcane Cultivators Association president Kurubur Shanthakumar in Mysuru on Sunday announced that the farmers will also conduct a divisional level conference in Mysuru, in the run up to the Budget session and specific issues related to sugarcane cultivators, besides issues relevant to agriculture and farmers, to draw attention of the Government to their demands.

He said the farmers were in dire straits and suffered due to untimely and incessant rains which lashed the region till as late as early December. This, he said, had a negative bearing on crop output but the Government does not quantify the low yield resulting in reduced income to the farmers, as crop loss.

While the input cost has gone up, the income from agriculture was on the decline and reduction in crop yield will only result in a further decline in their returns, he added.

Hence, Mr. Shanthakumar urged the Government to ensure that the forthcoming State Budget should be pro-farmer in scope so as to bail them out of financial crisis.

The thrust of the State policy and the budget should be to ensure statutory compliance of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops besides minimum income for farmers, said Mr. Shanthakumar.

Calling for extension of health insurance to farmers, the Association said the Government can deduct 1 for each ton of sugarcane or any other crop procured from farmers. The premium on health insurance can thus be paid with relevant remittance from the Government and would not be a financial burden on the State exchequer, according to the farmers.

He further said the Telangana Government was paying the premium for farmers who were insured for 5 lakh and in case of any accidental death of the insured the surviving family members get the insurance amount, said Mr. Shanthakumar who sought a similar policy in the State.

On issues related to sugarcane farmers in particular, the association said the existing restriction on establishing an ethanol unit within 15 km radius of a sugarcane factory, should be scrapped.

In a bid to ensure that the farmers get easy access to market, the Government should announce procurement centre at Hobli level and this would benefit farmers with small land holding, said Mr. Shanthakumar. The existing agricultural insurance policy came in for flak as it did not assist farmers to recover the loss and the association said all crops should qualify for crop insurance and the cost of cultivation or the extent of loss incurred due to natural exigencies.

Given the severity of the crisis plaguing agriculture and the importance of the sector, the association wanted a monthly meeting with the deputy commissioners at the districts to help resolve problems confronting the sector, said Mr. Shanthakumar.

Prices of vegetables have been drifting lower in general, with the exception of green chillies and drumsticks, offering relief to consumers yet leaving growers in the lurch. In the absence of any Covid limitations for the movement of vegetables across states and the opening up of hotels and restaurants to full capacity, the price of a kilogramme of tomato in the APMC market has now plummeted to a record low of Rs 5 per kilogramme, whereas the same price for a kilogram of tomato was hovering above Rs 100 in the first week of December 2021. It costs between Rs 8 and Rs 10 per kilogramme in the retail market. 

The prices of all regularly consumed veggies are wildly fluctuating. Except for green chillies and drumsticks, producers claim that all other regularly used vegetables have low returns, and they are unable to recoup even the costs of growing and transporting the commodities to market. 

The prices of tomato per kilogramme fell from Rs 10 to Rs 8 on January 31, according to the Agricultural Produce & Livestock Market rate list, and it continued to decline sharply after that. It was Rs 6 between February 11 and February 16, and Rs 5 for the final four days. 

Rates of other vegetables such as ladies finger (Rs 15), potato (Rs 25), cucumber (Rs 6), ivy gourd (Rs 30), onion (Rs 100 for 3 kilos), radish (Rs 20), and beans (Rs 45-Rs 50) are also reduced, resulting in a significant loss for producers. 

Farmers’ improper crop patterns, according to the growers, should be responsible for the current predicament. “When tomato prices surpassed Rs 100, farmers started to produce the same item in the hopes of making a profit. As a result of the increased supply, prices have decreased. Every year, farmers confront this dilemma,” said TR Vidyasagar, president of the Mysuru district Raitha Sangha. 

Farmers are earning Rs 2- Rs 3 per kilogramme of tomato in the wholesale market, according to Raitha Sangha Mysuru taluk unit president P Maramkaiah. “It was Rs 5 per kilogramme at APMC.” When the expenses of transportation, labour, harvesting, and seeding are included in, we are left with nothing. “It’s the same for all veggies,” he explained. 

Prices are projected to surge after April, according to farmers, because the wedding season has yet to begin. “Vegetable prices are prone to these types of swings in general. It will persist until the farmers adjust their farming patterns. We predict some pricing adjustments if marriages and other events are permitted on a larger scale,” said Manjunath SK, a Nanjangud farmer. 

The buffer stock is being released even in Maharashtra’s Lasalgaon and Pimpalgaon wholesale onion mandis to supplement supplies in these areas, according to a statement from the Consumer Affairs Ministry.

The states had been offered onion for Rs 21/kg ex-storage locations, according to the ministry. The Mother Dairy’s Safal outlets were also supplied at Rs 26/kg, including transportation costs, according to the statement.

Retail onion prices have been slowly increasing in recent weeks, according to government data. On February 18, onion prices were Rs 37/kg in Delhi and Chennai, Rs 39/kg in Mumbai, and Rs 43/kg in Kolkata.

The ministry further stated that late Kharif (summer) onion imports have remained consistent and are likely to do so till Rabi (winter) arrivals begin in March 2022.

According to the report, the all-India average price of onion was 22.36 percent lower on February 17 than the previous year.

According to the ministry, due to efficient market intervention through the Price Stabilisation Fund, onion prices were relatively stable in 2021-22. (PSF).

Similarly, the all-India average retail price of potato was 6.96 percent lower on February 17 than it had been the previous month, at Rs 20.58/kg.

“Potato seeding has been delayed in the southern region of West Bengal due to cyclone Jawad,” the ministry stated. “However, the State reported that crop area has recovered practically to last year’s level.”

The total crop area for 2021-22 is expected to be comparable to last year, according to the report.

Interest-free advances are offered to states for the development of State-level Price Stabilisation Funds, on a 50:50 share basis, under the PSF programme (75:25 in case of NE States).

So far, six states have taken the advance: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and West Bengal, with a total of Rs 164.15 crore released as Central share.

These states have the resources and authority to carry out the required actions to keep the price of vital food items under control.

“Other states have also been asked to establish the PSF for state-level measures to reduce price rises in crucial food goods,” the statement continued.

In the case of tomatoes, prices have been falling for the past month, but they are still slightly higher than last year.

The all-India average price of tomato was Rs 26.69/kg on February 1, a decrease from the previous month.

As the rate of arrivals in north India picks up, prices will drop much further in the coming week. Arrivals in South India will also pick up in the coming week and continue to do so until the end of February, according to the report.

“Orchardists are starving for fertilisers,” said KSS convener and former Shimla mayor Sanjay Chauhan, “but the government has failed to ensure ample and timely supply of the same, forcing fruit farmers to purchase expensive and low-quality fertilisers on the open market.”

“If the government fails to provide fertilisers at a reasonable cost and in accordance with demand, we will mobilise the farmers and cause a ruckus,” the CPI leader said, emphasising that farmers need Potash, NPK 12:32:16, and NPK 15:15:15.

The government will provide fertilisers to farmers every year through the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing and Consumers’ Federation, (HIMFED) according to the farmers. On the other side, the government agency failed to place orders for the required number of fertilisers, resulting in a shortage. “The federal and state governments’ discontinuation of subsidies has resulted in a massive spike in the price of fertilisers,” they added.

25 kg of calcium nitrate cost $1,100 to $1,250 last year, but $1,300 to $1,750 this year. The price of a 50-kg bag of potash, which was 1,150 last year, has been hiked to 1,750 this year. The price of NPK 12:32:16 was 1,200 last year, but it has already jumped to 1,750 this year.

Chauhan further stated that the Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC) was pressing farmers to buy fertilisers and other items to cover debts that had not been paid. “The government is pressuring farmers to pay higher input prices than the market allows.” “The government should immediately discontinue this and pay the arrears,” he continued.

New irrigation water supply canals have been built, and various old canals have been repaired, according to J. P. Singh, Superintending Engineer Hydraulic Circle-Rajouri of the AIBP, which will now solve the water supply issue of the locals in Thanamandi, Dharal, and Nowshera areas of the Rajouri district.

According to Singh, farmers used to lose a lot of money due to a lack of water for irrigation in the villages. “However, we are absolutely certain that, with the construction and restoration of canals, we will not have such issues in the future,” a local farmer told ANI.

About : Accelerated Irrigation Benefits (AIBP)

The Government of India launched the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) in 1996-97 with the goal of providing Central Assistance to States for major/medium irrigation projects in the country, with the goal of accelerating the implementation of advanced stage irrigation projects that had been stalled due to financial constraints.

In addition, in 2015-16, the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched, which included the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Program (AIBP). Following that, ninety-nine (99) on-going Major/Medium irrigation projects and seven phases with a total irrigation potential of 76.03 lakh acre were selected for finance under PMKSY-AIBP in a mission mode during 2016-17, following consultation with States.

According to the statement, the plan is to move the mobile centre across the country. The ‘Shashwat Bharat Krushi Rath‘ will travel across India’s villages in the coming months, according to the company.

“The rural world is much more than agriculture, but it is agriculture that has the most impact on the rural space and whose products allow us all to live, rural and urban alike.” We are confident that this initiative will be a model project that will improve social and environmental morals while also bringing economic viability to our nation’s farmers. With the Sustainable Farming and Rural Entrepreneurship Centre’s takeaways, we hope to benefit the greatest number of farmers in our country,” said Anand Chordia, founder of TEFF.

This mobile centre is a replica of the ‘Sustainable Farming and Rural Entrepreneurship Centre‘ at The Eco Factory Foundation (TEFF), a Maharashtra-based non-profit organization near Pune.

According to a TEFF statement, the centre will also provide information on appropriate market connections, post-harvest technologies, and government schemes and policies concerning agriculture and related businesses/start-ups

The center’s goal is to strengthen farmers’ economies by educating them on sustainable agriculture practices and establishing sustainable farms.

It will demonstrate the value of sustainable farming from the ground up. It will cover topics such as the plantation calendar – what crops to grow and when to grow them, how to grow their produce with the natural resources available on their farm, market linkages – how to add value to their business in an efficient manner, how to sell their produce in the market, and other topics.