Delay in settlement of claims defeats the very purpose of the flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana said the Parliamentary Standing Committee On Agriculture in the report tabled in Lok Sabha. This is not acceptable in any way said the report

The Standing Committee on Agriculture present this Twenty Ninth Report on the Subject "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Evaluation" of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare). The Standing Committee on Agriculture had selected the subject for examination during 2019-20. Briefing on the Subject by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) was held at their Sitting held on 23.12.2019. The Committee at this sitting also decided to elicit opinion of Experts, Individuals, Organizations and other Stakeholders on the Subject through a Press Communique`, which was accordingly issued on 11.07.2020. As the examination of the Subject could not be completed during 2019-20, the Subject was again selected for examination by the Committee during 2020-21. The Committee took evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) on the Subject at their Sitting held on 22.12.2020. [2]