Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) envisages the use of improved technology to reduce the time gap for settlement of claims of farmers. Accordingly, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, through Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC), involved 8 agencies/ organizations to carry out pilot studies for Optimization of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) in various States under PMFBY. The studies used various technologies, including Satellite data, Artificial Intelligence, Modeling tools, etc. for reducing the number of CCEs required for the insurance unit level for yield estimation.