{"title":"Evaluating National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and (Modified) NAIS","authors":"Saharsh Poddar","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3656554","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This is an article that surveys the need, pros & cons, and performance of crop insurance in India, and more specifically NAIS, MNAIS, and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna. The article will begin by discussing the need for NAIS and the design of policy. After which, we will provide the shortcomings and policy suggestions to overcome the same. Finally, the article will conclude by linking the need for crop insurance in the context of rural credit markets.","PeriodicalId":7501,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics eJournal","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics eJournal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3656554","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This is an article that surveys the need, pros & cons, and performance of crop insurance in India, and more specifically NAIS, MNAIS, and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna. The article will begin by discussing the need for NAIS and the design of policy. After which, we will provide the shortcomings and policy suggestions to overcome the same. Finally, the article will conclude by linking the need for crop insurance in the context of rural credit markets.