rio. 13015102/2012-Credit II
Government of India
Ministry of Agriculture
Depatment of Agriculture & Cooperation
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated the 20 lti March, 2015
To
1. The Chief Secretary,
Government of
(all State Govt.)
2. Joint Secretary (Insurance & Banking), Department of Financial Services,
Jeevandeep, Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110001
3. Chief General Manager, RPCD, RBI, Mumbai.
4. Managing Director, NABARD, Mumbai.
5. Director General (Meteorology), lMD, Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
6 Executive Director, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
3rd Floor, Parisrama Bhavan, Basheer Bagh Hyderabad
500004
Subject: Implementation of National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) during
Xllth Plan - issue of Administrative approval for the year 2015-16- reg.
Sir,
I am directed to refer this Departmen s' letter of even number dated 1st
November, 2013 regarding implementation of National Crop Insurance Programme
(NCIP) during Xllth Plan from Rabi 2013-14. In this regard it is informed that the
implementation of NCIP with its three components viz. (i) Modified National Crop
Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), (ii) Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) and
(iii) Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS) will continue during the financial year
2015-16 (i.e. Kharif 2015 & Rabi 2015-16) as per the component schemes &
Operational Guidelines circulated by this Department vide letters of even number dated
1st November, 2013 and 4 h February, 2014 respectively, throughout the Country.
2.
The copy of NCIP Scheme/Administrative Instructions and Operational
Guidelines of NCIP may be seen at the website of the Department of Agriculture &
Co peration, Govt. of India (http://agricoop.nic.in/).
3.
The implementation of National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) will
also continue during 2015-16. State Governments may implement NAIS or MNAIS
component of NCIP in the notified area(s) as per their option.
4.
Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS) component of NCIP, shall be
implemented by Agricultural insurance Company (AIC) of India Ltd. only.
5.
There is no change in the list of the Insurance companies empanel led by
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Govt. of India for implementation of MNAIS &
WBCIS. At the beginning of each crop sea on, all empanelled insurance companies are
required to submit the Prospective Plan covering details about the financial strength,
infrastructure, solvency margin, business plan for the season, marketing channel,
human resources and strategies for covering non-Ioanee farmers alongwith the details
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about the proposed weather products etc., to the concerned State Government under
intimation to this Ministry.
6.
State Governments, AIC and Private insurance companies would provide
wide publicity to the Scheme for creating awareness amongst farmers in notified
districts. so that farming community can avail full benefits of the scheme.
7.
allowed.
No mid-season extension of cut-off date for coverage of farmers will be
8.
State Government may notify only those Aut matic Weather Stations (AWSs)
and Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs) under WaCIS, which meet the specifications
prescribed in the Guidelines for setting up of AWSs & ARGs circulated vide this
Ministry's letter No. 12014/02/2010- Credit (Part) dated 1 i h February, 2015.
9.
An interface for providing insurance related data for notified units in different
parts of the country has been provided on the Farmers' Portal. It has been noticed in
the past that contents of the notification take inordinately long time in getting uploaded
on to the Farmer's Portal. Therefore, availability of such data on the web has remained
by and large very sporadic. The interface has now been modified to expedite data entry
process, which will now be carried out by the Insurance Companies in conjunction with
the State Governments. Fixed data entry common for all insurance companies will be
done by the State Governments. The State Governments will have the role of releasing
the data so entered on the web by Insurance companies immediately after the
notification is issued after vetting the contents of data entered by Insurance companies
or alteration as may be necessary. Thus, the farmers will be able to access information
relating to premium (including Insurance Calculator) on the web as well as through a
Push SMS for USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data).
The State
Governments & Insurance Companies should complete the data entry starting from
Kharif 2015 well in time before the respective cut-off dates.
10.
Accordingly, all participating State Governments and Union Territories are
requested to make necessary arrangements for implementation of the Schemes and
make required budgetary provisions for the year 2015-16. State Governments/UTs are
also requested to issue notification of crops and areas alognwith appropriate
instructions to concerned Departments/agencies at the earliest by the first week of
April 2015 for effective implementation of the scheme.
r
(Raj Si
)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Copy to: AIC and all empanelJed insurance companies for information and further
necessary action.