Bihar Fasal Sahayata Yojana Rabi 2026 is a Bihar government crop assistance scheme that provides direct financial support to Rabi-season farmers whose crops are damaged by natural calamities, with compensation up to ₹20,000 per farmer through online application on the state cooperative portal.
Scheme overview
- Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme for Rabi 2025–26 is run by the Cooperative Department, Government of Bihar to support farmers facing crop loss due to drought, excessive rain, frost, hailstorm and similar natural events.
- The scheme covers major Rabi crops like wheat, maize, pulses and various vegetables, and is open to both raiyat and non-raiyat farmers registered in the state agriculture DBT system.
Key features and benefits
- Eligible farmers receive compensation per hectare instead of a traditional insurance claim process, and the benefit is credited directly to their bank accounts via DBT.
- For yield loss up to 20% (as per crop-cutting experiments and notified assessment), assistance is typically ₹7,500 per hectare, and for more than 20% loss, ₹10,000 per hectare, subject to a maximum of 2 hectares, meaning up to ₹20,000 support for an individual farmer.
Important dates and covered crops
- Online application for Rabi 2025–26 started on 01 January 2026, and the general last date for the scheme is 31 March 2026, with crop-wise deadlines fixed for different Rabi crops.
- Indicative last dates include 31 January 2026 for mustard and potato, 15 February 2026 for chana, masoor and onion, 28 February 2026 for wheat and Rabi maize, and 31 March 2026 for Rabi arhar, chilli and cauliflower.
Eligibility conditions
- The applicant must be a resident farmer of Bihar and must have a valid Farmer Registration Number on the Agriculture Department DBT portal to apply under this scheme.
- Both land-owning and tenant/sharecropper farmers can be eligible, but they must actually be cultivating notified Rabi crops in the concerned season and have suffered loss verified through the official process.
Required documents and online application
- Applicants need key documents such as Aadhaar card, bank passbook linked with Aadhaar, farmer registration proof, land ownership/lease records and a self-declaration of sown area and crop loss certified by local authorities.
- To apply, farmers go to the Cooperative Department portal (esahkari.bihar.gov.in), open the Rabi 2025–26 crop assistance page, enter their Farmer Registration Number, fill crop and land details, upload scanned documents and submit the form, then save or print the application receipt.
