Agricultural Risk, Insurance and Income: A Study of the Impact and Design of India's Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme Book

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	Foreword
	Preface
	List of Abbreviations
	Map of India
1	Introduction	1
2	Risk and Risk Management in Agriculture	8
3	Crop Insurance: Concept, Institution and Experience	33
4	Agriculture and Agricultural Insurance in India	64
5	Working of the CCIS: Coverage, Viability and Operational Problems	81
6	CCIS and Production Credit in Gujarat	119
7	Impact of the CCIS on Input, Output and Income in Gujarat	151
8	Impact of the CCIS on Input, Output and Income in Orissa and Tamil Nadu	201
9	Farmers' Perceptions of the CCIS	242
10	Benefit, Cost and Design Aspects of the CCIS: Some Policy Implications	255
11	Summary, Conclusions and Implications for Future Research	285
App. A	Irrigated area and CCIS participation of States	294
App. B	Conversion of crop loan, repayment and arrears data to values at constant prices	296
App. C	List of study clusters and villages	300
App. D	Conversion of premium and indemnity to values at constant prices	305
App. E	A note on Chakravarti's scheme of agricultural insurance, 1920	307
App. F	Progress of rural insurance schemes in India	317
	Bibliography	322
	Index	343