**Summary:**
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare launched the "Collection of Real Time Observations and Photographs of Crops (CROPIC)" initiative as a pilot phase in July 2024. CROPIC is a digital application designed to capture crop photographs for ground-level crop health monitoring under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The application collects geotagged, crowdsourced photographs from farmers and field coordinators via smartphones. These time-series photographs are intended for crop validation against insured crops and for assessing crop damage resulting from localized calamities. The information was provided by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare.
CROPIC: A digital application named Collection of Real Time Observations and Photographs of Crops.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: An Indian government-sponsored crop insurance scheme.
Shri Ramnath Thakur: Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Rajya Sabha: The upper house of the Parliament of India.
Delhi: Location where the press release was issued, likely New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi
India: The country where the CROPIC application is being implemented
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
PILOT PHASE OF CROPIC INITIATIVE
Posted On: 25 JUL 2025 6:25PM by PIB Delhi
A digital application named Collection of Real Time Observations and Photographs of Crops (CROPIC) has
been lunched since July, 2024 across the country for capturing crop photographs for the purpose of Crop
Health Monitoring on the ground under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
The application aims at collection of geotagged crowdsourced photographs from farmers and field
coordinators through smartphones. The purpose of time-series geotagged photographs is crop validation
against insured crops, and crop damage assessment in case of localized calamities.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, shri Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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(Release ID: 2148516)