Dr Rajendra Prasad is the president of India, who held office for two consecutive terms from 1952 to 1962. He was elected as president of India... View Article
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first person who held the office of Vice President of India for two consecutive terms from 1952 to 1962. He was... View Article
The Vice-President holds office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters his office. The Vice-President can hold office beyond... View Article
The period spanning between the propagation of a House and its reassembly in a new session is called ‘recess’. The presiding officer (Speaker or... View Article
The difference between the delivered cost of fertilizers at the farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as a subsidy to... View Article
Rice-wheat cropping is a kind of double-cropping system that is most widely adopted in the country and has become the mainstay of cereal... View Article
Rice is a Kharif crop that requires high temperatures (above 25 °C) and high humidity. It requires an annual rainfall above 100 cm. In areas with... View Article
Wheat is sown by four methods: broadcasting, behind the local plough, drilling and dibbling. The zero tillage technique is a new method of wheat... View Article
A cropping pattern refers to the proportion of land under the cultivation of different crops at different points in time. Different ways of... View Article
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, India is the second-largest producer of rice, wheat in the world.... View Article
India is the second-largest producer of rice in the world after China. The major 5 states in rice production are West Bengal, UP, Andhra Pradesh,... View Article
China is the world's largest producer of rice, followed by India and Indonesia. Further Reading: Rabi and Kharif Crops Major Crops India... View Article
India is the second-largest producer of wheat in the world. Major wheat growing states in India are Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya... View Article
China, India and Indonesia are the leading producers of rice in the world. India is the second-largest producer of rice after China. Further... View Article
China is the largest producer of wheat in the world. The other leading producers of wheat include India, Russia, the United States of America,... View Article
West Bengal is the largest producer of wheat in India, followed by Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Further Reading: Major Crops India Agriculture... View Article
This is the second most important cereal crop. Wheat is a Rabi crop that requires a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of... View Article
The Green Revolution was implemented by the Government of India for the modernisation of agriculture. The programme was based on providing... View Article
