National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year ________.

1997

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1998

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1999

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2000

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Solution

The correct option is C $1999$
The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) was introduced in 1999 replacing the erstwhile Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme (CCIS). The main objective of the scheme is to protect the farmers against crop losses suffered on account of natural calamities such as drought, flood, hailstorm, cyclone, fire pests and diseases.

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