UPSC Prelims 2001 · General Studies
Question 40: Economy and Social Development
National Agriculture Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year
AnswerThe answer is (c).
The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme was introduced from the Rabi season of 1999-2000, replacing the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme that had run since 1985. It covers farmers growing food crops, oilseeds and annual commercial and horticultural crops against yield loss from natural calamities, pests and diseases. Remember the sequence: CCIS 1985, NAIS 1999, and PMFBY from 2016.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) 1997 saw only an experimental crop insurance scheme.
- (b) NAIS had not begun in 1998.
- (c) Right: NAIS began in 1999-2000.
- (d) NAIS had started a year earlier, so 2000 is late.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2001, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.