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Standard X

Geography

Green Revolution, Its Impact, and the Current Reforms to Develop the Agricultural Sector

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The government encouraged farmers to produce more food grains by providing

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The correct option is D
Procurement prices

The government has announced procurement prices for several crops to encourage the farmers to produce more foodgrains.

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Q. Consider the following statements:

Procurement of food grains at support prices.
1) Ensures stability in farm prices.
2) Ensures remunerative prices to farmers.
3) Helps building public stocks of food grains.

Q3. Identify the correctly matched Pair
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

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?

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?

Buffer stock is the stock of food grains procured by the government through:

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The government encouraged farmers to produce more food grains by providing

The correct option is D Procurement prices The government has announced procurement prices for several crops to encourage the farmers to produce more foodgrains.

The correct option is D
Procurement prices

The government has announced procurement prices for several crops to encourage the farmers to produce more foodgrains.