Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) asked the government to organise small groups of Members of Parliament (MPs) to brief them on the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Yojana so that that lawmakers gain a better understanding of the crop insurance programme.
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The suggestion came during Question Hour when Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was responding to supplementary questions. Mr. Birla proposed that the government form groups of MPs and explain the provisions and functioning of the scheme in detail. The Minister immediately agreed to comply with the Speaker’s direction.
The crop insurance programme provides farmers with affordable insurance coverage against losses caused by natural calamities and other risks affecting crops.
In another supplementary, Mr. Chouhan said the government has also begun work on promoting integrated farming models to benefit farmers, particularly those with small landholdings, as fragmented land ownership makes it necessary to adopt models that combine different agricultural activities.
