India, March 18 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Systemic assessment of Farmers' Distress Index (FDI) is not available for the whole country. However, a pilot study "Agrarian Distress and PM Fasal Bima Yojana: An Analysis of Rainfed Agriculture" was conducted to help farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh during 2020-21 and 2021-22. FDI covers multiple causes of distress ranging from climate variability to price volatility and the low risk-bearing ability of farmers etc.
The Multidimensional FDI was studied at sub-district level with an aim to develop an early warning system for farm distress. The main objective of FDI was to develop a user-friendly tool designed to forewarn different stakeholders and provide...