Raji S Prasad (17650009) <br/><br/>
GIS based comprehensive crop insurance management system:  Detailed project report for the development of a GIS enabled GPR in state crop insurance scheme 

 - PGDEG 2017-2018 
<br/><br/> "While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond<br/>transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving<br/>the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is<br/>the right to information while openness is the right to participation"<br/>- Narendra Modi<br/>Crop insurance is one of the most reliable safety nets of the farmers of<br/>our nation who are aected by the constant vagaries of nature. In Kerala,<br/>the scheme of State Crop insurance which came in to force from 1995 has<br/>been instrumental in providing area based risk assistance to 25 major crops<br/>of Kerala. Through revised government orders in the subsequent years , the<br/>latest by 2018 the scheme was given a wider coverage, even encompassing the<br/>problems like diseases and pest infestation in selected areas and wild animal<br/>attacks.The comparatively low premia rates,and good assistance amount make<br/>the scheme a popular one among the farmers. Though insuring is considered<br/>as a mandatory measure , the adoption rate is only a mere 13 percent among<br/>the registered farmers .Due to the lack of speedy disbursal of assistance, wide<br/>laxity encountered in providing the policy certicates , the interminable physical<br/>processing of applications and often huge opportunity costs shouldered by<br/>farmers involved, adversely aect the adoption rates. The eld sta is also<br/>disheartened by the constant pressure from the top to provide a number of<br/>reports in diverse proforma and recurring audit objections. As this scheme<br/>is completely supported by the state budget plan fund , it is high time that<br/>the present physical turn of processes may be replaced by a re engineered digital<br/>comprehensive system . This will empower the credibility of the scheme,<br/>making planning , budgeting and informed decision making a more fruitful exercise <br/>in the wake of the " Rebuild Kerala" initiatives.<br/>Hence the Detailed Project Report on GIS based Comprehensive Crop Insurance<br/>Management System,investigates the scope of deriving a futuristic<br/>need based solution to the multifaceted problems involved in the present processing<br/>and work <br/>ow of the scheme through Government Process Re engineering<br/>. The applications of Geographic Information System in agriculture<br/>are profound. In crop insurance scenario also its advantages like improved<br/>eciency, low cost , better decision making, geographic information digital<br/>record keeping, high quality analysis , resource mapping and allocation , improving<br/>the organisational integration,and transparency etc can be utilised<br/>for the betterment of the farming community. The eciency and eectiveness<br/>of service delivery from the Department of Agriculture Development and<br/>Farmers' Welfare can also be enhanced , boosting the condence and decision<br/>making capacity of government ocials at each level. This proposal can also<br/>be utilised not only in the scenario of crop insurance , but also in every<br/>scheme envisaged by the government for the welfare of its citizens . Interoperability<br/>and consensus among the various stakeholder departments is one<br/>of the prime highlights of this DPR which is highly required in the success of<br/>every e-governance venture. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM<br/>CROP INSURANCE<br/>GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY