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Answer: Option A. -> Both (i) & (ii)
Answer: (a)
Agriculture contributes around 16.5 % in GDP, out of which fishing is around 1% and livestock is around 5%, crops around 9.5% and forestry around 1%.
Answer: (a)
Agriculture contributes around 16.5 % in GDP, out of which fishing is around 1% and livestock is around 5%, crops around 9.5% and forestry around 1%.
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)The union government fixes the statutory minimum price of sugarcane for each sugar season. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the essential commodities Act. So both statements are correct.
Answer: (c)The union government fixes the statutory minimum price of sugarcane for each sugar season. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the essential commodities Act. So both statements are correct.
Answer: Option A. -> J.L. Nehru
Answer: (a)
The statement, “Everything else can wait, but not agriculture” is attributed to J.L. Nehru. Nehru mentioned these words after independence.
He said this in the context of the Bengal Famine of 1942–43 and the acute food scarcity prevailing in the country in 1947.
Answer: (a)
The statement, “Everything else can wait, but not agriculture” is attributed to J.L. Nehru. Nehru mentioned these words after independence.
He said this in the context of the Bengal Famine of 1942–43 and the acute food scarcity prevailing in the country in 1947.
Answer: Option B. -> Lac, gums, resins, vegetable saps, and extracts etc
Answer: (b)
These exports have marked a growth of 0.8 in the year 2012-13.
Recently India has diversified its export basket for these products.
Answer: (b)
These exports have marked a growth of 0.8 in the year 2012-13.
Recently India has diversified its export basket for these products.
Answer: Option D. -> all of the above
Answer: (d)
The Green Revolution in India has contributed to inter-regional, inter-class and inter-crop inequality as certain regions like UP and Punjab which used HYVs much better than others have become more advanced than others.
Similarly, certain classes which were rich like big landlords could purchase HYV and thus have grown richer.
Similarly, certain crops like wheat have done better than others creating inequality.
Answer: (d)
The Green Revolution in India has contributed to inter-regional, inter-class and inter-crop inequality as certain regions like UP and Punjab which used HYVs much better than others have become more advanced than others.
Similarly, certain classes which were rich like big landlords could purchase HYV and thus have grown richer.
Similarly, certain crops like wheat have done better than others creating inequality.
Question 26. Which of the following statements are true regarding the Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act 2016?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- The model act allows consolidation of farmland
- The duration of the lease and the consideration amount is regulated by the government
- The model act does not allow the leasing of land for animal husbandry purposes
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: Option B. -> (i) only
Answer: (b)
As a lot of states in the post-independence period restricted leasing of agricultural land, it has started hurting agricultural productivity.
Central Government got a model act drafted on land leasing by an expert panel under the NITI Aayog in April 2016 and has forwarded it to States to implement it.
Important features of the model Act:
The model law enables tenant farmers and sharecroppers to avail bank credit, crop insurance and disaster relief benefits.
The model law will allow consolidation of farmland so that small plots of land that are economically unviable can be leased out (using tractors and farm equipment is not economically viable for small plots of 2-3 acres). Large operational holdings will reduce the cost of cultivation and increase the profitability of farming.
The duration of the lease and the consideration amount will be decided mutually by the owner and the tenant.
There will be no ceiling on the amount of land that can be leased out or consolidated as the state wants market forces to determine the size of operational holdings.
Under the new law, land can also be leased out for allied activities like livestock or· animal husbandry for a maximum period of five years.
The Model Act proposes a quicker litigation process in case of disputes, by suggesting recourse through criminal proceedings and special tribunal. The dispute settlement will be taken up at the level of the Gram Sabha, Panchayat and Tehsildar and are kept outside the jurisdiction of courts.
Answer: (b)
As a lot of states in the post-independence period restricted leasing of agricultural land, it has started hurting agricultural productivity.
Central Government got a model act drafted on land leasing by an expert panel under the NITI Aayog in April 2016 and has forwarded it to States to implement it.
Important features of the model Act:
The model law enables tenant farmers and sharecroppers to avail bank credit, crop insurance and disaster relief benefits.
The model law will allow consolidation of farmland so that small plots of land that are economically unviable can be leased out (using tractors and farm equipment is not economically viable for small plots of 2-3 acres). Large operational holdings will reduce the cost of cultivation and increase the profitability of farming.
The duration of the lease and the consideration amount will be decided mutually by the owner and the tenant.
There will be no ceiling on the amount of land that can be leased out or consolidated as the state wants market forces to determine the size of operational holdings.
Under the new law, land can also be leased out for allied activities like livestock or· animal husbandry for a maximum period of five years.
The Model Act proposes a quicker litigation process in case of disputes, by suggesting recourse through criminal proceedings and special tribunal. The dispute settlement will be taken up at the level of the Gram Sabha, Panchayat and Tehsildar and are kept outside the jurisdiction of courts.
Answer: Option C. -> It is done by Food Corporation of India to sell food grains
Answer: (c)Food Corporation of India sells surplus stocks of wheat and rice under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) at pre-determined prices through e-auction in the open market from time to time to enhance the supply of food grains during the lean season and thereby moderate the open market prices specially in the deficit regions.
Answer: (c)Food Corporation of India sells surplus stocks of wheat and rice under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) at pre-determined prices through e-auction in the open market from time to time to enhance the supply of food grains during the lean season and thereby moderate the open market prices specially in the deficit regions.
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)Agriculture labourers in India are mainly dominated by the backward classes and more than 85% agriculture workers are mainly casual labourers.
Answer: (c)Agriculture labourers in India are mainly dominated by the backward classes and more than 85% agriculture workers are mainly casual labourers.
Question 29. Which of the following statement is correct?
Which is correct?
- ISOPOM provides flexibility to states in implementation based on a regionally differentiated approach for promoting crop diversification and providing a focus to the programme.
- This scheme is under implementation in the country for the increasing area, production and yield of these crops from 2009-10
- The pulses component was merged with NFSM w.e.f. April 2013.
Which is correct?
Answer: Option C. -> Only I
Answer: (c)
ISOPOM provides flexibility to states in implementation based on a regionally differentiated approach for promoting crop diversification and providing a focus to the programme.
This scheme is under implementation in the country for the increasing area, production and yield of these crops from 2004- 05.
The pulses component was merged with NFSM w.e.f. April 2010.
Answer: (c)
ISOPOM provides flexibility to states in implementation based on a regionally differentiated approach for promoting crop diversification and providing a focus to the programme.
This scheme is under implementation in the country for the increasing area, production and yield of these crops from 2004- 05.
The pulses component was merged with NFSM w.e.f. April 2010.
Answer: Option C. -> Horticulture
Answer: (c)
Government implements a Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) at the request of a State/UT Government for the procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities not covered under the Price Support Scheme.
The MIS is implemented in order to protect the growers of these commodities from making distress sales in the event of the bumper crop when the prices tend to fall below the economic level/cost of production.
Losses, if any, incurred by the procuring agencies are shared by the Central Government and the concerned State Government on a 50:50 basis (75:25 in the case of the North-Eastern States).
However, the amount of loss to be shared between the Central Government and the concerned State Government is restricted to 25% of the value of procurement. Profit, if any, earned by the procuring agencies are retained by them.
Answer: (c)
Government implements a Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) at the request of a State/UT Government for the procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities not covered under the Price Support Scheme.
The MIS is implemented in order to protect the growers of these commodities from making distress sales in the event of the bumper crop when the prices tend to fall below the economic level/cost of production.
Losses, if any, incurred by the procuring agencies are shared by the Central Government and the concerned State Government on a 50:50 basis (75:25 in the case of the North-Eastern States).
However, the amount of loss to be shared between the Central Government and the concerned State Government is restricted to 25% of the value of procurement. Profit, if any, earned by the procuring agencies are retained by them.
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