agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The National Development Council (NDC) on 29th May 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission comprising rice, wheat and pulses to increase the production of rice by 10 million tons, wheat by 8 million tons and pulses by 2 million tons by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011–12).

Accordingly, a centrally sponsored Scheme, ‘National Food Security Mission’, had been launched from the rabi season 2007–08 to operationalize the above-mentioned resolution.

Answer: (d)

Ref: Economic Survey 2019-20, Vol-II, Page 215

Answer: (d)

Co-operative societies, Commercial Bank and Regional Rural Bank are sources of agriculture finance in India.

They provide finance under various schemes run by central government and state governments to purchase seeds, implements, fertilizer, pesticides etc.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Regarding the livestock population, India has about 15% of the livestock population of the world.

However, the world population of buffalo has been estimated at over 140 million head. Of these, 97 per cent are found in Asia and the Pacific regions, mainly in India (75 million), China (21 million), Pakistan (14 million).

Answer: (c)

The PPVFR Act 2001 provides for the establishment of an effective system for the protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders and to encourage the development of new varieties of plants. The breeder will be entitled to benefit-sharing (royalty) under this Act as decided by the PPVFR Authority.

The farmer shall be deemed to be entitled to save, use, sow, resow, exchange, share or sell his farm produce including seed of a variety protected under this Act in the same manner as he was entitled before the coming into force of this Act, provided that the farmer shall not be entitled to sell branded (packaged) seed of a variety protected under this Act.