**Policy Summary: Automation of Crop Loss Assessment through CROPIC**
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has implemented the CROPIC (Collection of Real Time Observations and Photographs of Crops) application under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). CROPIC is a digital tool designed to collect geotagged, crowdsourced photographs of crop fields from farmers and field coordinators via smartphones. The application's primary purpose is to validate insured crops and assess crop damage in localized calamities using time-series photographic evidence. This initiative aims to provide crop insurance stakeholders with a transparent, real-time, and evidence-based system for crop monitoring and management, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of crop insurance, improving disaster response, and enabling data-driven policy decisions.
In addition to CROPIC, the Krishi Rakshak Portal and Helpline (KRPH) has been established, offering a single Pan-India toll-free number (14447) linked to insurance company databases. This platform allows farmers to register grievances and issues, with defined timelines for resolution.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare: The government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare.
CROPIC: A digital application for collection of crop field photographs to ascertain crop health and identify damage.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY): A crop insurance scheme by the Government of India.
Shri Ramnath Thakur: Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Rajya Sabha: The upper house of the Parliament of India, where the information was presented.
Krishi Rakshak Portal and Helpline (KRPH): A portal and helpline with a toll-free number for farmers to raise grievances.
Pan-India: Refers to something that spans across the entire nation of India
Delhi: Union Territory and Capital of India, where Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted the information
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
AUTOMATION OF CROP LOSS ASSESSMENT
THROUGH CROPIC
Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 4:34PM by PIB Delhi
CROPIC (Collection of Real Time Observations and Photographs of Crops), one of the technology initiatives
under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), is a digital application for collection of crop field
photographs, to ascertain the health of crops and identify damage due to perils. CROPIC app aims at
collection of geotagged crowdsourced photographs from farmers and field coordinators through smartphones.
The purpose of time-series geotagged photographs is cropping validation against insured crops, and crop
damage assessment in case of localized calamities.
CROPIC is envisaged to empower crop insurance stakeholders with a transparent, real-time, evidence-based
system for monitoring and managing crops, strengthening the effectiveness of crop insurance and disaster
response, and ensuring data-driven policy decisions. However, there is no proposal under consideration to
make available public dashboard on CROPIC data.
Further, a Krishi Rakshak Portal and Helpline (KRPH) has been deployed with a single Pan-India toll free
number 14447 and linked to the insurance companies database, where farmers can raise their
grievances/issues. Timelines to resolve these grievances has also been fixed.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur
in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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