Media briefing workshop and release of CSE

New Delhi, July 21, 2017

CSE’s analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was released along with a media briefing workshop, attended by 18 journalists from across India and 14 from Delhi. The workshop began with a contextualisation of PMFBY within the ambit of climate change. This was followed by a background of PMFBY and a comparison with previous crop insurance schemes, the issues and challenges of PMFBY and implementation challenges. The discussion was rounded off with CSE's recommendations to make PMFBY more effective.

This was followed by a panel discussion with perspectives from a state government official, an insurance company official and a farmer activist. The panellists included:

K. Vijay Kumar, Additional Director of Agriculture, Telangana
Kedar Sirohi, Aam Kisan Union, Madhya Pradesh
Ajay Singhal, Dy. General Manager, AICL

Participants at the media briefing workshop and release of CSE’s report on PMFBY on July 21, 2017 at New Delhi

Outstation participants	Pariticpants from Delhi

Ganadhalu Srikanta, Sr Correspondent, Prajavani E.T.B. Sivapriyan, Political Editor, Deccan Chronicle Santosh Sarang, Chief Sub Editor, Prabhat Khabar Avit Bagle, Senior Reporter, Daily Gomantak AnandaTeertha Pyati, Freelance Journalist, Documentation Specialist, Sahaja Samrudha Organic Farmers Association Varghese C Thomas, Chief Sub Editor, Malayala Manorama Swati Bhattacharjee, Sr Asst Editor, Ananda Bazar Patrika Sunil Kumar, Editor, Daily Chhattisgarh DS Shamantha, Director, Sarathi Jhalak 90.4 Om Awasthi, Assistant News Editor, Navbharat Times Prabhjit Singh, Special Correspondent, Hindustan Times K A Shaji, Sp Correspondent, The Hindu Shekhar Paigude, Reporter, Times of India Sangram Shivaji Jagtap, Reporter, Sakal Pradip Kumar Srivastav, Correspondent, BBC News N Vinoth Kumar, Reporter, Hindu - Tamil Aditi Bhaduri, Journalist & Columnist, Governance Now; Gulf News Atul Porwal, Reporter, Rajasthan Patrika	Siddharth Pandey, Editor-Environment, Go News Shiv Nandan Lal, Programme Officer, AIR Shilpa Sharma, Sr Correspondent, Cogencis Arvind Kumar Singh, HoD, RSTV Jatin Gandhi, Reporter, Hindustan Times Joe Mathew, Sr Editor, Business Today Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Correspondent, Business Standard Sandip Das, Correspondent, Financial Express Nivedita Khandekar, Independent journalist, Lalima Aneja Dang, All India Radio Pratap Kushwaha, Sr Cameraperson, ANI TV Manoj Kumar, Cameraperson, Rajya Sabha TV Ramakant Kushwaha, Photographer, Navodaya Times T V Jayan, Correspondent, Hindu Business Line