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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