MAINS 2024 · GS III · AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY

Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices in India. W…

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2024 GS Paper III Agriculture & Food Security

GS Paper III 15 marks 250 words Agriculture & Food Security

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Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices in India. What are the challenges associated with the storage of buffer stock? Discuss.

Syllabus link: GS III – Subsidies & PDS: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.

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