During 2019-2020 (Fasli Year 1429) under “Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana”(PMFBY) scheme, the average yield of notified crops has been calculated through crop cutting experiments done by Assistant Agriculture Officers for providing insurance coverage to farmers in the event of failure of crops due to natural calamities such as drought, flood, cyclone, attack of pests, diseases etc.
These are planned and supervised by this Department. For Kharif season 83,076 experiments have been conducted for 31 crops, and in Special Season 53,144 experiments have been conducted for 4 crops, and in Rabi season 1,12,048 experiments have been conducted for 34 crops for the year 2019-2020. The results were prepared for notified crops and sent to respective Insurance Companies. Reconciled area sown data with line Departments are furnished to Insurance Companies at notified level at the end of every season.