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UPSC Prelims 2001 · Agriculture · Farm Money
National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year
- (a) 1997
- (b) 1998
- (c) 1999
- (d) 2000
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Answer: (c) 1999
The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replaced the CCIS from the 1999–2000 rabi season.
Why the others are wrong
(d) 2000 is close but not the launch year.
The trap
None.
🔒 CCIS (1985) → NAIS (1999) → MNAIS (2010) → PMFBY (2016).