Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion
Question
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct?
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- 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 microirrigation equipment.
Options
1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 2 only
1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion (INSIMP) is indeed designed to improve production technologies, post-harvest management, and value addition of millets using a cluster-based approach. The scheme primarily targets small, marginal, poor, and tribal farmers who have historically grown millets and are most vulnerable to food insecurity. Statement 3 is partially misleading—while the scheme does offer support packages, its main focus is on farmers already engaged in or traditionally associated with millet cultivation, not specifically on converting commercial crop farmers to millet farming through free kits, though supporting transitions is part of the broader objectives. The emphasis is on nutritional security and livelihood support for vulnerable farming communities.
Question details
Year
2016
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q48
Subject
Economy
Sub-topic
Agriculture and Rural Development
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Static
Source hint
Ministry of Agriculture - Government Schemes
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