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India expands crop insurance to cover animal damage and floods, speeding payouts with village-level assessments.
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.
The change shifts assessment from tehsil to village level for greater precision, enabling faster, fairer payouts when crop losses exceed 35%.
Farmers now receive ₹17,000 per acre for annual crops and ₹22,500 per acre for perennial crops.
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.
India expande el seguro de cultivos para cubrir los daños a los animales y las inundaciones, acelerando los pagos con evaluaciones a nivel de aldea.