59. Consider the following statements

1. Regarding the procurement of food-grains, Government of India follows a procurement target rather than an open–ended procurement policy.

2. Government of India announces minimum support prices only for cereals.

3. For distribution under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), wheat and rice are issued by the Government of India at uniform central issue prices to the States/Union Territories.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2

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Solution

The correct option is C
(c) 1 and 3

(C)
The policy involves procurement of various food grains, stock and price levels.

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Consider the following statements regarding the procurement of food-grains:

1. Government of India follows a procurement target rather than an open-ended procurement policy.

2. Government of India announces minimum support price only for cereals.

3. NAFED is the nodal procurement agency for Oilseeds and pulses, apart from the Cotton Corporation of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q. 96. Government of India declares Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 25 notified agricultural commodities for each Kharif and Rabi crop season. Government procures these products through multiple agencies to ensure the availability of food grains. Consider the following statement with references to the procuring agencies.
1. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED)is Central Nodal Agencies for procurement of Oilseeds, Pulses and Cotton under Price Support Scheme (PSS) of Government of India.
2. Food Corporation of India is the nodal central agency for procurement of wheat and paddy under Price Support Scheme (PSS).
3. Coarse grains are procured by State Government Agencies for Central Pool as per the direction issued by Government of India on time to time.
4. Agriculture Produce Marketing Cooperatives (APMC) of the respective state government deals mainly in horticulture products.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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1. M S P - Pre announced price for crops

2. Issue price - The price of food grains in

ration shops

3. Procurement cost -The final price at which government buys the food grains

Q. The stock of foodgrains - mainly wheat and rice - procured by the government for distribution under PDS is called _____.

Q. Q. Consider the following statements with reference to Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS):

1. The responsibility for procurement of foodgrains rests with Centre while distribution rests with the states.
2. Fair price shops to distribute food grains under TPDS can be privately owned.
3. License to the Fair Price Shops is issued by the State Government only.
4. Under TPDS, procurement of foodgrains takes place in a centralized manner only.

Which of the above given statements are correct?

Q. लक्षित सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली (TPDS) के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए:

1. खाद्यान्नों की खरीद की जिम्मेदारी केंद्र के पास है जबकि वितरण राज्यों के पास है।
2. टीपीडीएस के तहत खाद्यान्न वितरित करने के लिए उचित मूल्य की दुकानें निजी स्वामित्व वाली हो सकती हैं।
3. उचित मूल्य की दुकानों का लाइसेंस राज्य सरकार द्वारा जारी किया जाता है।
4. टीपीडीएस के तहत, खाद्यान्न की खरीद केवल केंद्रीकृत तरीके से होती है।

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The correct option is C (c) 1 and 3 (C) The policy involves procurement of various food grains, stock and price levels.

The correct option is C
(c) 1 and 3

(C)
The policy involves procurement of various food grains, stock and price levels.