Agriculture Questions & Answers
Agriculture has become one of the challenging topics from which questions are asked in IAS Exam every year. The topic is so diverse in nature that it becomes pertinent for aspirants to know underlying concepts in Agriculture for UPSC.
If someone goes through the previous years' Agriculture questions asked in prelims and mains, they would find out that basic knowledge of agriculture-related terms, issues and initiatives forms the building blocks of answers to all these.
Here at BYJU’S Agriculture Education Portal, UPSC Experts have come forward to answer even the tiniest doubt of the aspirant in relation with agricultural concepts. The compilation of all questions and answers are given below:
Soil Health Card Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 19, 2015 at Suratgarh, Rajasthan. Further Reading: Soil...
Soil microorganism diversity and activity are the main components of soil health. Therefore a healthy soil leads to sustainable agriculture....
Soil Health Card (SHC) is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture of all the State and Union Territory Governments. Further...
Soil Health Card contains the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters, namely Macro-nutrients- N,P,K ; Secondary- nutrient- S Micro -...
The e-Nam was launched to promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining of procedures across the integrated markets, remove...
The main objectives of e-NAM are to promote uniformity in agriculture marketing, remove information asymmetry in the market and promote real-time...
National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. It creates a...
According to official sources, till September 2020, 1000 wholesale regulated markets across 18 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) have been...
The eNAM Integrates APMCs across the country through a common online market platform and facilitates trade in agriculture commodities. It...
The National Agriculture Market (NAM) is an electronic trading platform that links the existing APMC mandis in the country and forms a unified...
According to seednet.gov.in, at present there are 15 State Seeds Corporations and 2 National level seeds Corporations Further Reading:...
The private sector has been playing an important role in the seed industry over the last few years. According to seednet.gov.in, the number of...
The e-NAM is an electronic trading platform that has been created under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. It offers a “plug-in”...
PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana is implemented by NITI Aayog. It oversees the programme implementation, inter-ministerial coordination, allocation of...
Fertilizer company gets a subsidy from the government. The company in turn sells the fertilizer at a reduced price to the farmer. Further...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana was launched on 1st July 2015 with the motto of "Har Khet Ko Paani". Further Reading: Pradhan Mantri...
The main aim of PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, improve water use efficiency, expand cultivable...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana was launched on 1st July 2015 with the motto of "Har Khet Ko Paani". Further Reading: Pradhan Mantri...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched in 2015 to extend irrigation coverage and improve water use efficiency. Further...
Agriculture is a primary activity, which produces most of the food that we consume. It also produces raw materials for various industries....
