UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2016

With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach. 2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme. 3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation equipment. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 2 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

1 only

Explanation

Per the official key, only statement 1 (demonstration of improved production, post-harvest technologies and value addition using a cluster approach) is correct; the scheme is not specifically framed around larger stakes for poor/tribal farmers or shifting commercial-crop farmers to millets via free kits as stated.

Topics: agriculture, crop diversification schemes, indian economy, millets promotion