Crop Insurance Schemes

Crop insurance protects a farmer's income when a season goes wrong — drought, flood, hail, pests, or freak weather. Under India's central crop insurance schemes, the farmer pays only a small, capped share of the premium (at most 2% for Kharif, 1.5% for Rabi, and 5% for commercial/horticultural crops); the central and state governments pay the rest. Both schemes below run on the National Crop Insurance Portal (pmfby.gov.in), are voluntary for all farmers since Kharif 2020, and have been continued till 2025-26. Your state decides which of the two applies to each notified crop and area.