agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Central Issue Price (CIP) is the price at which food grains (wheat and rice) are issued to the state governments/ UTs from the central pool at uniform prices for distribution under TPDS.

CIP is fixed by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. CIP for rice and wheat has been fixed at Rs. 3/kg and Rs. 2/kg respectively in the National Food Security Act 2013, which should be revised in three years.

The eligible households get the food grains at the same price of Rs. 3/kg rice, Rs. 2/kg wheat and Rs. 1/kg coarse grains.

Answer: (d)

The percentage of the agricultural land is very high in all the given states except Sikkim. Approximately it is Haryana 4402000 (hectare), Punjab (5033000 Hectares) UP (29767000 Hectares) and Sikkim 710000 Hectares

Answer: (d)

Dr V. Kurien is known as the father of the ‘White Revolution’ in India. Verghese Kurien was a renowned Indian social entrepreneur and is best known as the “Father of the White Revolution”, for his ‘billion-litre idea’ (Operation Flood) — the world’s biggest agricultural development programme.

The operation took India from being a milk-deficient nation to the largest milk producer in the world. He was also the founder of AMUL.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme was formulated in 2008, for construction of storage godowns in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode through private entrepreneurs, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) to overcome storage constraints and ensure safe stocking of food grains across the country.

Assessment of additional storage capacities required under the scheme is based on the overall procurement/ consumption pattern and storage space already available.

Under the PEG scheme, no funds are allocated by the Central Government for the construction of godowns and full investment is done by the private parties/CWC/State Agencies by arranging their own funds and also the land.

After a godown is constructed and taken over, FCI gives a guarantee of rent for 10 years in the case of private investors and for 9 years in the case of CWC/SWCs/State Agencies, irrespective of the quantum of food grains stored.