Media briefing workshop and release of CSE’s report on Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
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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:
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K. Vijay Kumar, Additional Director of Agriculture, Telangana
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Kedar Sirohi, Aam Kisan Union, Madhya Pradesh
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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
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E.T.B. Sivapriyan, Political Editor, Santosh Sarang, Chief Sub Editor, Prabhat Khabar Avit Bagle, Senior Reporter, AnandaTeertha Pyati, Varghese C Thomas, Chief Sub Editor, Swati Bhattacharjee, Sr Asst Editor, Sunil Kumar, Editor, DS Shamantha, Director, Om Awasthi, Assistant News Editor, Prabhjit Singh, Special Correspondent, K A Shaji, Sp Correspondent, Shekhar Paigude, Reporter, Sangram Shivaji Jagtap, Pradip Kumar Srivastav, Correspondent, N Vinoth Kumar, Reporter, Aditi Bhaduri, Journalist & Columnist, Atul Porwal, Reporter, |
Shiv Nandan Lal, Programme Officer, Shilpa Sharma, Sr Correspondent, Arvind Kumar Singh, HoD, Jatin Gandhi, Reporter, Joe Mathew, Sr Editor, Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Correspondent, Sandip Das, Correspondent, Nivedita Khandekar, Lalima Aneja Dang, Pratap Kushwaha, Sr Cameraperson, Manoj Kumar, Cameraperson, Ramakant Kushwaha, Photographer, T V Jayan, Correspondent, |
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