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Agriculture & Food Security Mains: 59 questions.

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GS III 2025 15 marks 250 words

Examine the scope of the food processing industries in India. Elaborate the measures taken by the government in the food processing industries for generating employment opportunit…

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GS III 2025 10 marks 150 words

Explain the factors influencing the decision of the farmers on the selection of high value crops in India.

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GS III 2025 10 marks 150 words

Elaborate the scope and significance of supply chain management of agricultural commodities in India.

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GS I 2024 15 marks 250 words

The groundwater potential of the gangetic valley is on a serious decline. How may it affect the food security of India?

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GS III 2024 15 marks 250 words

What are the major challenges faced by the Indian irrigation system in recent times? State the measures taken by the government for efficient irrigation management.

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GS III 2024 15 marks 250 words

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

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GS III 2024 10 marks 150 words

Explain the role of millets for ensuring health and nutritional security in India.

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GS I 2023 15 marks 250 words

From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide reasons.

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GS III 2023 15 marks 250 words

Explain the changes in cropping pattern in India in the context of changes in consumption pattern and marketing conditions.

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GS III 2023 15 marks 250 words

What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization(WTP) in relation to agricultural subsidies.

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GS III 2023 10 marks 150 words

How does e-Technology help farmers in production and marketing of agricultural produce? Explain it.

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GS III 2023 10 marks 150 words

State the objectives and measures of land reforms in India. Discuss how land ceiling policy on landholding can be considered as an effective reform under economic criteria.

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GS III 2023 10 marks 150 words

Discuss several ways in which microorganisms can help in meeting the current fuel shortage.

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GS III 2022 15 marks 250 words

What are the main bottlenecks in upstream and downstream process of marketing of agricultural products in India ?

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GS III 2022 15 marks 250 words

What is Integrated Farming System ? How is it helpful to small and marginal farmers in India ?

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GS III 2022 10 marks 150 words

What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India ? How can it be made effective and transparent ?

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GS III 2022 10 marks 150 words

Elaborate the scope and significance of the food processing industry in India.

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GS III 2021 15 marks 250 words

What are the salient features of the National Food Security Act, 2013 ? How has the Food Security Bill helped in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in India?

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GS III 2021 15 marks 250 words

What are the present challenges before crop diversification? How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?

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GS III 2021 10 marks 150 words

How did land reforms in some parts of the country help to improve the socio-economic conditions of marginal and small farmers ?

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GS III 2021 10 marks 150 words

How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India's water crisis ?

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GS III 2020 15 marks 250 words

What are the major factors responsible for making rice-wheat system a success? In spite of this success how has this system become bane in India?

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GS III 2020 15 marks 250 words

Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation system to make its judicious use under depleting scenario.

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GS III 2020 10 marks 150 words

What are the main constraints in transport and marketing of agricultural produce in India?

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GS III 2020 10 marks 150 words

What are the challenges and opportunities of food processing sector in the country? How can income of the farmers be substantially increased by encouraging food processing?

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GS III 2020 10 marks 150 words

How is science interwoven deeply with our lives? What are the striking changes in agriculture triggered off by the science-based technologies?

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GS I 2019 10 marks 150 words

Discuss the factors for localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.

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GS III 2019 15 marks 250 words

What are the reformative steps taken by the Government to make food grain distribution system more effective?

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GS III 2019 15 marks 250 words

Elaborate the policy taken by the Government of India to meet the challenges of the food processing sector.

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GS III 2019 10 marks 150 words

How far is Integrated Farming System (IFS) helpful in sustaining agricultural production

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GS III 2019 10 marks 150 words

Elaborate the impact of National Watershed Project in increasing agricultural production from water-stressed areas.

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GS III 2019 10 marks 150 words

How was India benefitted from the contributions of Sir M. Visvesvaraya and Dr. M. S. Swaminathan in the fields of water engineering and agricultural science respectively?

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GS I 2018 15 marks 250 words

Defining blue revolution, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India.

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GS III 2018 15 marks 250 words

Assess the role of National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in boosting the production, productivity and income of horticulture farms. How far has it succeeded in increasing the income…

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GS III 2018 15 marks 250 words

How has the emphasis on certain crops brought about changes in cropping patterns in recent past? Elaborate the emphasis on millets production and consumption.

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GS III 2018 10 marks 150 words

What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low income trap?

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GS III 2018 10 marks 150 words

Examine the role of supermarkets in supply chain management of fruits, vegetables and food items. How do they eliminate number of intermediaries?

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GS I 2017 10 marks 150 words

Mention the advantages of the cultivation of pulses because of which the year 2016 was declared as the International Year of Pulses by United Nations.

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GS III 2017 15 marks 250 words

What are the major reasons for declining rice and wheat yield in the cropping system? How crop diversification is helpful to stabilize the yield of the crop in the system?

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GS III 2017 15 marks 250 words

How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for smal…

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GS III 2017 10 marks 150 words

Explain various types of revolutions, took place in Agriculture after Independence in India. How these revolutions have helped in poverty alleviation and food security in India?

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GS III 2017 10 marks 150 words

What are the reasons for poor acceptance of cost effective small processing unit? How the food processing unit will be helpful to uplift the socio-economic status of poor farmers?

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GS III 2016 10 marks 150 words

Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana…

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GS III 2016 10 marks 150 words

What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing the water-use efficiency.

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GS III 2016 10 marks 150 words

What is allelopathy? Discuss its role in major cropping systems of irrigated agriculture.

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GS III 2016 10 marks 150 words

Discuss the role of land reforms in agricultural development. Identify the factors that were responsible for the success of land reforms in India.

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GS III 2015 10 marks 150 words

Livestock rearing has a big potential for providing non- farm employment and income in rural areas. Discuss suggesting suitable measures to promote this sector in India.

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GS III 2015 10 marks 150 words

In the view of the declining average size of land holdings in India which has made agriculture non - viable for a majority of farmers should contract farming and land leasing be p…

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GS III 2015 10 marks 150 words

How can the Digital India program help farmers to improve farm productivity and income? What step has the government taken in this regard?

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GS III 2015 10 marks 150 words

In what way could replacement of price subsidy with direct benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss.

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GS III 2015 10 marks 150 words

What are the impediments in marketing and supply chain management in developing the food processing industry in India? Can e-commerce help in overcoming this bottleneck?

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GS I 2014 10 marks 150 words

Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darje…

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GS II 2014 12 marks 150 words

WTO is an important international institution where decisions taken affect countries in aprofound manner. What is the mandate of WTO and how binding are their decisions? Criticall…

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GS III 2014 12 marks 150 words

There is also a point of view that Agricultural Produce Market Committees [APMCs) set up under the State Acts have not only impeded the development of agriculture but also have be…

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GS III 2014 12 marks 150 words

"In the villages itself no form of credit organization will be suitable except the cooperative society." - All India Rural Credit Survey. Discuss this statement in the background…

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GS III 2013 10 marks 150 words

Food Security Bill is expected to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in India. Critically discuss various apprehensions in its effective implementation along with the concerns it h…

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GS III 2013 10 marks 150 words

What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and at state levels? Critically analyse the agricultural subsidy regime with reference to th…

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GS III 2013 10 marks 150 words

India needs to strengthen measures to promote the pink revolution in food industry for ensuring better nutrition and health. Critically elucidate the statement.

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GS III 2013 10 marks 150 words

Establish relationship between land reforms, agricultural productivity and elimination of poverty in the Indian economy. Discuss the difficulties in designing and implementation o…

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