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India: 10 private insurers required to provide crop insurance

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India's Minister of State for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria said that 10 private insurers have been "empanelled for implementation of crop insurance schemes," reports The Echo of India citing the Press Trust of India.

Private insurers have been enlisted to cover more farmers under the schemes and to create competition in the crop insurance sector, Mr. Kundaria said.

State-owned Agriculture Insurance Co. of India Ltd. has been providing weather-based and yield-based crop insurance programs so far.

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