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Kerala PSC Indian Economy Book Study Materials Page 212
Book's First Page8.18 ndian onom state/UT governments to provide better health together with the challenge of enabling Indians care through polyclinics/veterinary hospitals/ to procure food for their consumption was also dispensaries/ first-aid centres including mobile there. Over the year, we see the government veterinary dispensaries. For the prevention of devising various ways and means to handle the various diseases, 27 veterinary vaccine production twin challenges. Once, the country joined the units are working with dominance of the public WTO, a new need was felt for producing surplus sector (20 are in the public sector and rest in the and competing with the world, so that the private sector). The ‘Livestock Health & Disease benefits of globalisation could also be reaped by Control’ is being run as a centrally sponsored the agriculture sector. This section discusses the scheme to assist the attempts of the states and UTs challenges to management of food in the country. in the area. Suggestions for further development of the minimum suPPort Price sector. Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of (i) Developing progeny tested semen for market intervention by the Government of India to artificial insemination. insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall (ii) Expansion of fodder availability through in farm prices —a guarantee price to save farmers innovative means. from distress sale. The MSPs are announced at (iii) Facilities of animal health centres need the beginning of the sowing season for certain to be upgraded and the disease control crops on the basis of the recommendations of systems made more effective on the the Commission for Agricultural Costs and veterinary side. Prices (CACP, 1985). The major objectives are (iv) In the drylands and mountain ecosystems, to support the farmers from distress sales and to livestock contribute anywhere between procure food grains for public distribution. In case 50 to 75 per cent of the total household the market price for the commodity falls below income of the rural population. Support the announced minimum price due to bumper to these massive and highly diverse production and glut in the market, government livestock populations in these regions is agencies purchase the entire quantity offered by lacking. the farmers at the announced minimum price. (v) Raising the capability of the rural poor Commencing with ‘wheat’ for the 1966–67, to conserve and manage their livestock currently the MSPs are announced for 24 resources, and enables them to derive commodities including seven cereals (paddy, sustainable incomes from these resources. wheat, barley, jowar, bajra, maize and ragi); five (vi) Decentralisation and convergence of pulses (gram, arhar/tur, moong, urad and lentil); policy support for these options is crucial eight oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, for diversification of livelihoods in toria, soyabean, sunflower seed, sesamum, small-holder farming. safflower seed and nigerseed); copra, raw cotton, raw jute and virginia flu cured (VFC) tobacco. Food mAnAGement The MSPs are fixed at incentive level, to fulfil the Managing enough food in the domestic market following purposes: has been the prime focus of the governement since (i) to induce more investment by farmers in Independence. Meeting the physical target of food the farm sector,