CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q4Agriculture · Farm Subsidies & MSP · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
“In the villages itself no form of credit organization will be suitable except the cooperative society.” —All India Rural Credit Survey. Discuss this statement in the background of agricultural finance in India. What constraints and challenges do financial institutions supplying agricultural finance face? How can technology be used to better reach and serve rural clients?
हिन्दी
“गाँवों में सहकारी समिति को छोड़कर, ऋण संगठन का कोई भी अन्य ढाँचा उपयुक्त नहीं होगा।” —अखिल भारतीय ग्रामीण ऋण सर्वेक्षण। भारत में कृषि वित्त की पृष्ठभूमि में, इस कथन पर चर्चा कीजिए। कृषि वित्त प्रदान करने वाली वित्तीय संस्थाओं को किन बाध्यताओं और कसौटियों का सामना करना पड़ता है? ग्रामीण सेवार्थियों तक बेहतर पहुँच और सेवा के लिए प्रौद्योगिकी का किस प्रकार इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (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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