Pashudhan Bima Portal Launched Under National Livestock Mission to Digitize Insurance

What happened

Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, officially inaugurated the Livestock Insurance Portal (Pashudhan Bima Portal) in New Delhi. The launch event was attended by Union Minister of State Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) Secretary Naresh Pal Gangwar, and over 4,000 sector stakeholders who joined virtually.

The portal has been developed by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying under the livestock insurance component of the National Livestock Mission (NLM). Accessible at rashtriyapashubima.dahd.gov.in, the centralized, paperless platform manages the end-to-end lifecycle of livestock insurance. Its functional scope covers online policy application, immediate policy issuance, claim tracking, real-time monitoring, reporting, and automated settlement processes.

To ensure broad grassroots access, the digital platform supports 13 languages, comprising English, Hindi, and 11 regional languages. For insurance verification and fraud prevention, the initiative integrates animal database systems and utilizes Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging technology to establish unambiguous animal traceability.

During the launch, official data revealed that over 30 lakh animals had been insured during the current year. Over the preceding five-year span, more than 60.8 lakh animals secured insurance coverage under the scheme, backed by ₹161.07 crore released by the government as premium subsidies.

📅 Important dates

✅ Eligibility

• Subsidized insurance coverage is capped at a maximum of 10 cattle units per beneficiary household.
• Eligible livestock categories include cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs, and rabbits.
• Small and marginal farmers are required to pay only 15% of the insurance premium.
• The remaining 85% of the premium cost is shared between the Central and State governments.

📝 What candidates should do

• Note the premium-sharing ratio (15:85) and the 10 cattle units ceiling, as these numerical specifics are common in IBPS RRB and SBI specialist agriculture tests.
• Memorize the ministry and department responsible for the portal to tackle direct GK questions in SSC CGL, CHSL, and State PSC exams.
• Review the core mandate of the National Livestock Mission (NLM) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.

🔍 PrepZen analysis

The Pashudhan Bima Portal represents a structural shift from fragmented, manual livestock insurance administration to an integrated national digital registry. By providing paperless tracking, direct claim status access, and multi-lingual interfaces, the government seeks to remove intermediaries, reduce claim disposal timelines, and build risk resilience among rural pastoralists.

In competitive exams, questions on government portals typically probe three angles: the governing ministry or parent scheme, specific beneficiary financial ratios, and operational details such as language coverage or technical identification tools (such as RFID). Aspirants should particularly note the 15% farmer contribution ratio and the 10 cattle unit coverage limit.

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