For Bundi's farmers, PM's Fasal Bima Yojana has come a cropper

Implication of such low sums insured is that farmers will not get compensation

For many farmers of Bundi district in Rajasthan, the southwest monsoon season in 2017 hasn't been particularly impressive so far, with the rains being above normal in just two of the past seven weeks.

The main crops grown in the district are exposed to weather vagaries just like many other parts of the country.

If there is any loss to the standing crop, the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) will come to the rescue of the farmers of the region.

But if studies conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) are to be believed and if the trend