Sushasan Vol. 02, Issue 12, May, 2017 Vision –“Equal opportunity to all through Good Governance geared to improve the quality of lives of our people." Newsletter of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance & Policy Analysis Akhilesh Argal Director From the Editor’s Dear Readers, Madhya Pradesh was the first Indian state to legislate a Public Service Guarantee Act named “Madhya Pradesh Lok Sevon Ke Pradan Ki Guarantee Adhiniyam” in August, 2010. This has been followed by enactments in the states of Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Assam, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Goa. The Institute has taken up a study to compare the different service guarantee Acts in terms of number of services and departments covered, penalty and timelines for delivery of services etc. The methodology followed in this study is desk based research. A brief of the study is in this month's Newsletter. India being one of the most disaster prone countries and agriculture being the source of livelihood of the majority of its people, crop insurance occupies an important place. The Institute took up a study to understand and assess various crop insurance schemes and risk management approaches in India and other countries and propose a suitable strategy for India. A brief of the major findings and recommendations is in the Newsletter. Quality is one of the important cornerstones of any organization. It is not an isolated activity but made up of several components at various levels. Looking at the way public services are growing world over, it is essential that leaders should have an eye on quality. There is an interesting reading on "Quality" in this month's Newsletter by Shri M. M. Upadhyay, Principal Advisor, Centre for Social Sector Development of the Institute. It is always better to refresh our knowledge and keeping this in mind, an in-house training programme was conducted during April 2017 in the Institute on research methodology and data analysis to familiarize the core staff with contemporary tools and techniques. Dr. Anitha Govindaraj, Deputy Advisor, coordinated the training programme. The details of the programme can be seen in the Newsletter. Your comments on the Newsletter will be greatly appreciated.
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Sushasan Vol. 02, Issue 12, May, 2017
Vision –“Equal opportunity to all through Good Governance geared to improve the quality of lives of our people."
Newsletter of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance & Policy Analysis
Akhilesh ArgalDirector
From the Editor’s
Dear Readers,
Madhya Pradesh was the first Indian state to legislate a Public Service Guarantee Act named “Madhya Pradesh Lok Sevon Ke Pradan Ki Guarantee Adhiniyam” in August, 2010. This has been followed by enactments in the states of Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Assam, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Goa. The Institute has taken up a study to compare the different service guarantee Acts in terms of number of services and departments covered, penalty and timelines for delivery of services etc. The methodology followed in this study is desk based research. A brief of the study is in this month's Newsletter.
India being one of the most disaster prone countries and agriculture being the source of livelihood of the majority of its people, crop insurance occupies an important place. The Institute took up a study to understand and assess various crop insurance schemes and risk management approaches in India and other countries and propose a suitable strategy
for India. A brief of the major findings and recommendations is in the Newsletter.
Quality is one of the important cornerstones of any organization. It is not an isolated activity but made up of several components at various levels. Looking at the way public services are growing world over, it is essential that leaders should have an eye on quality. There is an interesting reading on "Quality" in this month's Newsletter by Shri M. M. Upadhyay, Principal Advisor, Centre for Social Sector Development of the Institute.
It is always better to refresh our knowledge and keeping this in mind, an in-house training programme was conducted during April 2017 in the Institute on research methodology and data analysis to familiarize the core staff with contemporary tools and techniques. Dr. Anitha Govindaraj, Deputy Advisor, coordinated the training programme. The details of the programme can be seen in the Newsletter.
Your comments on the Newsletter will be greatly appreciated.
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An in-house training programme was conducted
during April 2017 in the Institute so as to refresh the
knowledge of the core staff members in research
methodology and data analysis and also to familiarize
them with contemporary tools and techniques. The
training was provided by a few core staff members
possessing the necessary expertise and experience in
the area, with Dr. Anitha Govindaraj, Deputy Advisor
coordinating the same. Attended by all the core staff
members of the Institute, the lecture contents were
carefully designed as per their requirements and
keeping in view the kind of research being done at
AIGGPA. The training started with introduction to
In-house Training Programme on Research Methodology and Data Analysis
research methods by Dr. Mangala Gowri and then Dr.
Anitha Govindaraj, Smt. Ritu Maheswari, Dr. Indrani
Barpujari, Shri. Gaurav Khare and Shri. Gaurav
Agrawal gave a series of lectures on various important
topics such as descriptive statistics, hypothesis
testing, correlation, and regression, graphical
representation of data, citations and references. The
pedagogy included practical training on how to apply
various statistical tests using MS-Excel. The training
has been found relevant by the core staff members in
enhancing their capabilities and felt that the
knowledge acquired will be useful in their future
research projects.
India being one of the most disaster prone countries
and agriculture being the source of livelihood of the
majority of its people, crop insurance occupies an
important place. Hence, an attempt has been made to
understand and assess various crop insurance
schemes and risk management approaches in India,
Madhya Pradesh (MP) and other countries and
propose a suitable strategy for India. The study has
been coordinated by Dr. Anitha Govindaraj of the
Institute.
The specific objectives of the study are:
l To do a situation analysis for understanding the
challenges faced in implementing the recent crop
insurance models such as MNAIS (Modified
National Agricultural Insurance Scheme), WBCIS
(Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme) and
PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana) at the
state and national level.
l To study the economics of the latest crop
insurance schemes vis-a-vis the disaster aids to
farmers in MP.
l To study the weather risk mitigating strategies for
agriculture followed in other countries such as
Brazil, USA, China, Mexico and Africa.
Crop Insurance Models and Relief Measures in India and Madhya Pradesh
l To suggest an appropriate agriculture weather
risk management strategy that can be adopted in
India.
The study is based on both primary and secondary
data collected from various sources. Various
stakeholders such as the AIC (Agriculture Insurance
Corporation), banks, private insurance agencies and
Department of Agriculture were consulted to
understand the issues in implementation of the crop
insurance programs. To explore the perception of the
farmers regarding crop insurance, 200 farmers from 4
districts in MP were interviewed.
Major Findings
The performance of the major crop insurance
schemes-NAIS, MNAIS, WBCIS and PBFBY at the
national level and state level were studied. It was
observed that penetration rate of all the schemes was
low and for NAIS, the claim premium ratio was more
than 300 percent costing the government heavily. The
performance of MP in terms of the number of farmers
insured and area brought under insurance cover was
better under NAIS as compared to other states.
WBCIS has performed well only in Rajasthan and
Bihar. MNAIS has been implemented by few states
alone. PMFBY launched during Kharif, 2016 has
covered 366.64 lakh farmers accounting to 26.5 %
penetration in India and bringing 388 lakh hectares
under insurance cover which is 15 percent more than
the previous year. The sum insured under PBFBY has
also increased by 104 percent. The coverage of non-
loanee farmers has also increased by 6 times.
The performance of crop insurance (NAIS) in MP is
better and is showing an increasing trend in
penetration rates. There is no correlation among the