CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2013 · Q4Agriculture · Farm Subsidies & MSP · 10 marks · 200 words
English
Food Security Bill is expected to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in India. Critically discuss various apprehensions in its effective implementation along with the concerns it has generated in WTO.
हिन्दी
खाद्य सुरक्षा बिल से भारत में भूख व कुपोषण के विलोपन की आशा है। उसके प्रभावी कार्यान्वयन में विभिन्न आशंकाओं का समालोचनात्मक विवेचना कीजिए। साथ ही यह भी बताएं कि विश्व व्यापार संगठन (WTO) में इससे कौनसी चिंताएं उत्पन्न हो गई हैं?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2013 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Agriculture · Farm Subsidies & MSP
Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System—objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
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