agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 7 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

The growth in agriculture and allied sectors is a necessary condition for inclusive growth in India. Agriculture including allied activities accounted for about 55% of employment in the country according to Census 2011.

Answer: (a)

The farm power availability in India is much lower than that of Korea. India is meeting 85% of the urea fertilizer through indigenous production. However, we are deficient in phosphatic and potassic resources and around 90% is imported.

Answer: (d)

Regarding minimum support price neither of the statements given above is correct.

In order to help the farmers in getting remunerative prices for their produce with a view to encourage higher investment and also to increase production and productivity of a commodity, the Government of India declares Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for 25 notified agricultural commodities for each Kharif and Rabi crop.

Moreover, the common paddy does not have a higher minimum support price than the paddy Grade-A.

Answer: (d)

On January 21, 2004, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer’s welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India established Kisan Call Centers across the country to deliver extension services to the farming community.

The aim is to respond in the local language to the problems faced by farmers. A farmer from any part of the sale can contact the Kisan call centre counter by dialling toll-free no. 1551 or 1800-180-1551 and present their problems related to farming.

Answer: (a)

CWC is a Warehousing Agency in India, established in 1957. It provides logistics support to the agricultural sector.

CWC is operating 464 Warehouses across the country with a storage capacity of 10.54 million tonnes providing warehousing services for a wide range of products ranging from agricultural produce to sophisticated industrial products.