10 Oct 2020: PIB Summary & Analysis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Agriculture Export Policy, 2018
2. International Day of the Girl

1. Agriculture Export Policy, 2018

• The Government has come out with a policy to double farmers’ income by 2022. Exports of agricultural products would play a pivotal role in achieving this goal.
• In order to provide an impetus to agricultural exports, the Government has come out with a comprehensive “Agriculture Export Policy” aimed at doubling the agricultural exports and integrating Indian farmers and agricultural products with the global value chains.

Objectives of the Agriculture Export Policy are:

• To double agricultural exports from present ~US$ 30+ Billion to ~US$ 60+ Billion by 2022 and reach US$ 100 Billion in the next few years thereafter, with a stable trade policy regime.
• To diversify our export basket, destinations and boost high value and value added agricultural exports including focus on perishables.
• To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports.
• To provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and deal with sanitary and phyto-sanitary issues.
• To strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with global value chain at the earliest.
• Enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.

Click here to get UPSC Notes for Indian Agriculture.

Recommendations in the Agriculture Export Policy have been organised in two categories – Strategic and Operational

• Strategic:
  • Policy measures
  • Infrastructure and logistics support
  • Holistic approach to boost exports
  • Greater involvement of State Governments in Agri exports
• Operational
  • Focus on Clusters
  • Promoting value-added exports
  • Marketing and promotion of “Brand India
  • Attract private investments into production and processing
  • Establishment of strong quality regimen
  • Research & Development

Context

• The consistent and concerted efforts of the Government to boost agricultural exports are bearing fruit as despite of the on-going Covid-19 crisis
• In order to boost agro exports, the Government had announced Agriculture Export Policy, 2018

2. International Day of the Girl

• It is a United Nations designated day, observed every year on October 11.
• It celebrates the importance, power, and potential of girls around the world.
• The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender.
• It is also a day to highlight girls’ needs and the particular problems they can face, and drive efforts that meet these needs and fulfill their rights – not benevolently for them, but in partnership with them.
• This year the theme of International Day of the Girl Child is “My voice, our equal future”.

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