Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2022 (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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