Farmers in India have been the victim of systemic neglect and live a marginalized life. Crop failure due to natural calamities and unfavourable climatic conditions puts farmers in a challenging situation leading to extreme hopelessness and suicides. This article provides an overview of the crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) launched in India by Mr. Narendra Modi in 2016. PMFBY has poor state support, unviable subsidy model, delayed claim settlement and skewed benefit pattern. A technology-enabled demand-driven approach is recommended. Crop insurance should be delinked from political affiliation. Velocity, variety and verifiability in PMFBY will make crop insurance scheme work better for farmers than insurers, administrators and politicians.

This chapter evaluates the role of tourism for economic growth of India. Tourism and hospitality sector contributes 6.8% in India's GDP. For a country with 30 world heritage sites and a rich culture, tourism and hospitality industry has great potential to enhance tourist flow and accelerate economic growth due to multiplier effect of tourism on job creation. The descriptive research design is used for the study. The study examined the correlation of economic variables on foreign tourist arrivals. The paper evaluated the success stories of Kerala and Gujarat as a case of focused approach towards tourism. Secondary source of data is used to examine the trend of tourism and its role in economic growth of the country. Gross domestic capital formation was found to have highest correlation with foreign tourist arrivals. Growth rate of foreign tourist arrival is found to have significant positive correlation with growth rate of service sector in India and gross state domestic product of Kerala and Gujarat.

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