Abstract

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is a multi-peril national level crop insurance scheme that was launched by the Government of India on 13th January 2016. It was subsequently rolled out in June 2016. PMFBY is a successor to earlier schemes such as the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and the more recent Modified Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS). Through PMFBY, the Government of India aims to incorporate the best features from all the previous crop insurance schemes while also addressing their shortcomings. Against this context, CBPS is conducting an in-depth assessment of the scheme, examining its overall implementation in Karnataka as well as assess farmer enrollment and uptake trends across districts in Karnataka. Findings from the project have been disseminated in 3 different reports, each report covering a different aspect of the study.

This report has the primary objective of understanding and analysing stakeholder perspectives on the 2017 crop-cutting experiment (CCE) protool developed by the Government of Karnataka (GoK) for the conduct of CCEs. For the project, members of the research team spoke to stakeholders from crop insurance companies and the Department of Agriculture, Karnataka about their understandings of the CCE protocol, amongst other things.

CBPS. (2018). Perspectives of key stakeholders on the crop cutting experiment (CCE) protocol developed by the government of Karnataka. Bengaluru: Centre for Budget and Policy Studies.