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flag India expands crop insurance to cover animal damage and floods, speeding payouts with village-level assessments.

flag On December 9, 2025, India's Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced an expansion of the national crop insurance scheme to cover losses from wild and stray animals, inundation, and other non-traditional risks. flag The change shifts assessment from tehsil to village level for greater precision, enabling faster, fairer payouts when crop losses exceed 35%. flag Farmers now receive ₹17,000 per acre for annual crops and ₹22,500 per acre for perennial crops. flag The government is using crop-cutting experiments and weather-based models to improve loss estimation, aiming to strengthen financial protection for farmers in flood-prone and wildlife-affected areas.

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