Public Awareness & General Administration
CROPIC Initiative
▪ CROPIC stands for Collection of Real-Time Observations & Photo of Crops.
▪ Launched by The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
▪ It is an initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) with a dual purpose of monitoring crop health and stress and automation of crop loss assessment and payment of claims to affected farmers using computer vision technology and photo-analytic models.
▪ This initiative is as it leverages artificial intelligence and crowd-sourced data to improve agricultural practices and financial support for farmers.
▪ The initiative will initially focus on two seasons – kharif 2025 and rabi 2025-26.
▪ It aims to create a detailed directory of crop signatures that can be used for various agricultural assessments.
▪ CROPIC will be funded through the Fund for Innovation and Technology (FIAT)
