Naidu, Pawan, Chouhan launch VB-G Ram G scheme in Tirupati district
The Union and State governments have launched a renewed rural employment scheme in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, with a primary focus on farmer welfare and rural livelihood. In tandem, the Central government has committed to procuring 2.16 lakh tonnes of Totapuri mangoes to prevent distress sales and support local horticulturalists. This initiative underscores a policy shift towards integrating rural employment generation with agricultural procurement and market support.
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Rural employment schemes in India need to transition from mere wage-employment programs to sustainable asset-creation and market-linkage initiatives. Discuss this statement in the context of recent government interventions integrating agrarian welfare with rural development schemes.
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With reference to the procurement of horticultural crops like mangoes in India, consider the following statements: 1. Horticultural crops are generally procured under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) rather than the Minimum Support Price (MSP) framework. 2. The Market Intervention Scheme is implemented at the request of state governments to protect growers from distress sales during a bumper crop. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
Statement 1 is correct: Horticultural crops are perishable and do not fall under the standard MSP mechanism; instead, they are covered under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS). Statement 2 is correct: MIS is an ad-hoc scheme implemented on the specific request of State Governments/UT Administrations to protect growers of horticultural and agricultural commodities from making distress sales in the event of a bumper crop and subsequent fall in prices.
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