Knowledge level of farmers towards Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme (PMCIS): A study of Udaipur district of Rajasthan

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Babu Lal Dhayal (Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)
Rajeev Bairathi (Department of Extension Education Rajasthan College of Agriculture Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan)
Anil Kumar Malik (Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Looking to the importance of insurance scheme, the present study entitled “Knowledge and opinion of farmers towards Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme in Udaipur district of Rajasthan” was conducted in the purposely selected Salumber and Sarada tehsils of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. Five villages from each selected tehsils were taken on the basis of maximum number of beneficiary farmers. Thus, total ten villages were selected for the study. Out of the prepared list, 10 farmers were selected from each village on the basis of random sampling technique. Thus, total 100 farmers were selected for present investigation. Data were collected through pre structured interview schedule. The study indicated that majority of respondents fell in medium level knowledge group. The study revealed that unit of insurance is area approach was the most important knowledge aspect as expressed by majority of the insured farmers. There was no significant difference between farmers of both selected tehsils regarding knowledge about Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme.