Agri Current Affairs 2021

General Agriculture for JRF, SRF & Other Exams - 2021
AGRICULTURE PROFILE OF INDIA

❖ Total Geographical Area of the country- 329 million hectare (mha)
❖ Net sown area of the country- 139.4 mha (42.4% of total geographical area)
❖ Gross sown area of the country- 200.2 million hectare
❖ Net Irrigated area in India- 68.64 Mha (2021) (Source: DAC&FW, 2021)
❖ Cropping Intensity of India is- 143.6%
❖ Barren and uncultivable land area in the country- 19.8mha
❖ Degraded land area/Deforested/desertification area in the country- 96.40 mha
❖ Waste land area in the country- 55.7 mha (16.96% to TGA)
❖ Share of Agriculture and allied sectors in GDP during 2020-21 was- 19.9%
❖ Share of Agriculture and allied sectors in GDP during 2019-20 was- 17.8%
❖ Gross Capital Formation (GCF) in Agriculture and Allied Sectors relative to Gross
Value Added (GVA) during 2019-20 was- 16.4% (GCF an indicator of level of
investment activity).
❖ The percentage share of Agricultural workers in Total workers is 54.6%. (Registrar
General of India)
❖ The percentage of rural households is engaged in agriculture-57.8% (Situation Assessment
Survey of Agricultural Households, NSO)
Source: Land Use Statistics & DES 2020-21
❖ *Total forest cover in India is- 80.73 million ha (24.56% of geographical area)
(Source: Indian state of Forest report-2019, released biennially once by Forest Survey of India)
❖ State with highest forest area in the country is- Madhya Pradesh, followed by Arunachal
Pradesh
❖ Top five states with forest cover as percentage of total geographical area is- Mizoram
(85.41%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%), Meghalaya (76.33%), Manipur (75.46%) and
Nagaland (75.31%).
❖ For maintaining ecological balance percentage of the land area should be under forest is-33
❖ The per capita forest land availability in the country is - 0.08 hectare (normal requirement for
basic needs is 0.47 hectare)
❖ Total bamboo bearing area of the country is- 16 Million hectare (Mha)
❖ The total food grain production in India for the year 2019-20 was- 296.65 million tonnes
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❖ Net Irrigated area in India - 68.64 Mha (2021) (Source: DAC&FW, 2021)
(Note: Net Irrigated area includes irrigating by government canals, private canals, tanks, tube
wells, other wells).
❖ Gross irrigated area of India is- 96.46 Mha
❖ The state with highest net irrigated area is- Uttar Pradesh (14.33 Mha)
❖ *Total Micro irrigation area in India is- 12.90 Mha (Drip= 6.11 Mha; Sprinkler= 6.79 Mha)
Note: Only 19% of out of total irrigated area is under micro-irrigation.
❖ State with highest Micro irrigation area is- Andhra Pradesh (1.9 Mha)
❖ State with highest area under Drip irrigation is- Andhra Pradesh (1.38 Mha)
❖ State with highest area under Sprinkler irrigation is- Karnataka (1.14 Mha)
❖ State with highest area under micro irrigation when compared with total net irrigated area is-
Sikkim (73%)
❖ Contribution of Livestock to National GDP is- 5.2% (2020-21)
❖ The contribution of livestock in total agriculture and allied sector GVA (at constant prices)/GDP
is- 28.63 per cent
❖ Growth rate of GVA of Agriculture and Allied sectors at basic prices in 2019-20 is- 4.0%
❖ Overall growth rate of GVA at Basic Prices is- 3.9%
❖ Overall GDP growth rate at Constant Prices (2011-12) in 2019-20 is- 4.2 %
❖ The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2020 as the- International Year of Plant
Health
❖ *The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2021 as the- International Year of Fruits
and Vegetables
❖ The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as the- International Year of
Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
❖ The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution sponsored by India and declaring
2023 as the International Year of Millets
Note: India is the largest producer of Millets in world, producing 14 million tonnes in 14
Mha and accounts for 40 percent of the world’s output
❖ UN decade of action of nutrition -2016-2025
❖ India’s 1st pollinator park with over 40 species of butterflies, honeybees, birds and other insects
set up at- Haldwani in Nainital district of Uttarakhand on 29 December, 2020.
❖ Multipurpose sea weed park to be established at- Tamil Nadu (To promote seaweed
cultivation, as it is an emerging sector with potential to transform the lives of coastal
communities).

❖ The ambitious targets set by government of India for renewable energy capacity addition by
2022 is- 175 Giga watts (GW)
Note: Out of 175 GW- 100 GW for Solar, 60 GW for Wind, 10 GW for Bio-energy and 5 GW for
Small hydro-power.
❖ The state with highest installed solar power generation capacity in India is- Karnataka (Installed
7,100 megawatt (MW) solar capacity.
❖ A National level Ag-tech Hackathon for promoting innovation in farm mechanization-
KRITAGYA (Launched by ICAR-NAHEP)
❖ India's first convergence green energy project to generate green energy for rural and
agriculture consumption to be set up in- Goa (Nov, 2020)
❖ World’s largest solar tree installed at- Durgapur, West Bengal
❖ The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2021-2030 as- UN decade of
ecosystem restoration and oceanic science for sustainable development
❖ *Mobile App launched by CSIR-CRRI (Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi) to
connect farmers to Supply chain is- Kisan Sabha, 2nd May, 2020
❖ App launched by Prime Minister of India for comprehensive breed improvement market
place and information portal for direct use of livestock farmers is- e-Gopala (Sep 9, 2020)
❖ Largest exporter of Rice in the world is- Indias
Note: India becomes a largest exporter of rice in the world with record of 14 million tonnes of
rice export in 2020.
❖ *The first state in the country to flagged off India’s First fruit train was- Andhra Pradesh
Note: A fruit train was flagged from Tadipatri railway station in A.P. carrying a load of 980
metric tonnes of locally grown bananas to Jawaharlal lal Nehru Port in Mumbai from where the
consignment will be exported to Iran (Bananas exported under brand name Happy Bananas)
❖ **The Asian development bank and Govt. of India signed a 10 million Project Readiness
Financing to expand horticulture and to promote Instant Quick Freezing of fruits and vegetables
in which state- Himachal Pradesh
❖ *India’s First Kisan special Parcel Train or Kisan Rail transported fruits and vegetables
between- Maharastra (Devlali) and Bihar (Danapur) (three days in a week)
❖ India’s First ever Kisan Rail for seamless connectivity among farms, markets & consumers was
flagged off on- 7th August, 2020
❖ India’s second and South India’s first Kisan train run between- Anantapur (Andhra
Pradesh) and New Delhi.
❖ India’s second Kisan train started on- 9th Sep 2020

❖ *Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare launched ‘All India Agri Transport Call
Centre’ number to facilitate interstate movement of perishables is- 1800 180 4200 and 14488
❖ *Central Government recently approved field trials of Indigenous Bt Brinjal Varieties-
Janak and BSS-793 (Developed by IARI contains Bt Cry1Fa1 gene) (IMP)
❖ The first Indian state to declare state mangrove tree as symbol of conservation is-
Maharashtra
Note: Maharashtra State board for wild life cleared a proposal to declare “Sonneratia alba” as
the state mangrove tree.
❖ India’s 1st cow dung paint developed by Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) India is-
Khadi Prakritik paint on 13th Jan, 2021.
Note: Khadi prakritik paint prepared from cow dung as its main ingredient, the paint is cost
effective and odourless and has been certified by BIS.
❖ *India’s first honey testing laboratory set up at- NDDB, Anand, Gujarath (24 July, 2020).
Note: Lab set up as per Norms of FSSAI. Purity of Honey, Adulteration, chemical substances,
Residues, Heavy metals or antibodies can be checked.
❖ India's first solar “agro-photovoltaic” power project will be set up on a 250-acre area in-
Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir (generate up to 10 megawatts of electricity and simultaneously
used for saffron production)
❖ Prime Minister of India launched Asia’s Largest Solar plant (750 MW) in- Rewa, Madhya
Pradesh (10 July 2020)
❖ India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 MW will be set up at-
Ramagundam in Telangana.
❖ *How much economic relief package is announced by Prime Minister through Atma
Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan- Rs.20 Lakh crore
❖ **Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic package is equivalent to how much of India’s
GDP- 10%
❖ Financing facility provided for Agriculture Infrastructure Fund for agri-entrepreneurs,
start ups and farmer groups is- 1 Lakh crore
❖ National Medicinal Plants Board located at- New Delhi (Under Ministry of AYUSH)
❖ Online registration portal developed by National Bee Board under National Beekeeping &
Honey Mission (NBHM) to achieve a traceability source of Honey and checking source and the
quality and source of adulteration of honey- Madhurkranti Portal (7 April 2021).
❖ A special spaces for the marketing and sale of honey launched and operated by NAFED is-
Honey corners 7 April 2021)
❖ Electronic trading platform launched by NAFED with physical infrastructure present at each
proposed location in partnership with local FPO to be integrated with a national level digital

marketing platform is- NAFED e-Kisan Mandis (NeKM)
❖ India’s largest semen station in Government sector launched at- Purnia, Bihar (Sep 9, 2020)
❖ *ICAR-IASRI cloud infrastructure and services for National Agricultural Research &
Education system is- Krishi Megh at New Delhi (11 Aug 2020)
❖ Data recovery centre of ICAR was- Krishi Megh
Note: For Protecting Data of the ICAR.
❖ *Mobile App launched by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to facilitate farmers and
traders to identify right mode of transportation for movement of farm produce is- Kisan
Rath, 17th April 2020. (Developed by National Informatics Center (NIC)
Note: Primary Transport - From Mandi to Mandis, FPOs, Warehouses;
Secondary Transport- Mandis to intra-state and inter-state mandis, railway stations.
❖ The first country in the world to adopt a ban on deforestation, a groundbreaking move that
could have a major global impact is- Norway on 28 Jan, 2020
❖ *India’s first ever brand logo for cotton and India’s premier cotton would be known as- Kasturi
Cotton
❖ World's largest commercial agriculture drone/World’s most advanced drone for agriculture- Air
board agro (founded by Elviss Straupenieks of Latvia)
❖ The target of renewable energy capacity kept by Govt. of India for 2030 is- 450 GW
❖ The first farm-based solar power plant under the PM KUSUM (Kisan Urja Suraksha Evum
Utthan Mahabhiyan) scheme has come up in- Jaipur district's Kotputli tehsil with a provision for
production of 17 lakh units of electricity every year (April 2021).
❖ KVIC prepared Nutrient rich healthy drink/processed drink- ‘Neera’ and Palmgur (jaggery)
from Palm oil
❖ India’s first agricultural futures trading index ‘Agridex’ with four contracts expiring in June,
July, September and December was launched by- National Commodity and Derivatives
Exchange (NCDEX)
Note: Agridex, launched on 25 May, 2021, comprises 10 liquid commodities traded on NCDEX.
The spot and future of these 10 commodities- soybean, chana, coriander, cottonseed oilcake, guar
gum, guar seed, mustard seed, refined soy oil, castor seed and jeera.
❖ World’s First conversation area for sea cucumber created at- Lakshadweep
❖ *------- becomes the first state under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY) to cover crop
loss done by wild animals- Sikkim
❖ India’s first Gender Park set up at-Kozhikode, Kerala on 11-13 February, 2021 (on the occasion
of Second Edition of International conference on Gender Equality).

Note: Gender Park was established with the aim of creating relevant interventions so as to address
a range of gender based issues.
❖ *India’s first wetland conservation centre/ first specialized institution for wetlands ‘Centre for
Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM)’ established in- Chennai on 2nd Feb 2021.
Note: India has 42 sites designated as wetlands of international importance under Ramsar
convention, covering a surface area of 1.08 mha.
❖ National Research Centre for Chikoo/Sapota set up in- Thane, Maharashtra
❖ Which state forest department has done census of water birds for the first time- Uttar
Pradesh
❖ Union ministry of Agriculture launched Green- Ag. Project to reduce emissions from agriculture
and ensure sustainable agricultural practices on pilot basis in- Mizoram (28 July, 2020)
Funded by: Global Environment Facility; National Execution Agency- Ministry of Agriculture.
❖ Power house of Nutrients/Nutri-Cereals/Climate resilient crops are- Millets
❖ *Rural Retail Outlets opened by Indian Oil Corporation Limited to provide rural customers
with facilities like Micro ATM, Fertilizers/Pesticides, farm equipments is- Kisan Seva Kendra
(KSK operating in the country is 8044, functioning under Min. of petroleum & Natural Gas)
❖ *Total number of KVKs at present is- 722 (as of June, 2020)

❖ For effective functioning and monitoring of KVKs, KVKs are divided into- 11 ATARI Zones
❖ Country's first ever electric tractor tested at- Central Farm Machinery Training & testing
Institute (CFMTTI), Budni, M.P. (Feb, 2021)
❖ Percentage of Farm mechanization utilization in India is about-40%
❖ Total food grain production in the country for the year 2019-20 was- 296.7 million tone
❖ Note: India’s share in global total food grain production is 25%
❖ Target food grain production set up by government of India for the year 2021-22 is- 307 million
tonnes
❖ Growth rate of GVA of Agriculture and Allied sectors at basic prices in 2019-20 is- 4.0%
❖ Estimated growth rate of Agriculture and Allied sectors at basic prices in 2020-21 is- 3.4% (1st
Advanced Estimates)
❖ Share of Agriculture and allied sectors in GDP/GVA during 2019-20 was- 17.8%
Item Share in GVA (2019-20)
Crops 9.4

Livestock 5.1
Forestry and Logging 1.3
Fishing and Aquaculture 1.2
Note: Gross Value Added is simply gross domestic product minus taxes, the widest measure of
income growth in an economy.
(Source: Economic Survey 2020-21).
❖ Sub-Sectoral contribution in total GVA of Agriculture & Allied Sector-2019-20
Contribution of subsectors
to Agricultural GVA:
❖ Crops- 56%
❖ Livestock- 29%
❖ Forestry and Logging-8%
❖ Fishing & Aquaculture-7%
❖ *Total Pulse production for the year 2019-20 is- 23.03 MT

❖ *The unique project launched by KVIC to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in the country is-
RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant Human Attacks using Bees)
Note: Sub mission under KVIC’s National Honey mission. To mitigate human elephant
conflicts by creating ‘bee-fences’.
❖ Among Pulses the crop with highest production and largest area under cultivation is- Bengal gram/
Chick pea/Chana/gram (Second is Arhar/Pigeon pea)
❖ Among Oil seeds the crop with highest production and largest area under cultivation is-
Soyabean(Second is Groundnut)
❖ International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre established at-
Varanasi, U.P. (Dec, 2018)
❖ First Director of IRRI South Asia Regional Center- Dr. Arvind Kumar
❖ The buffer stock maintained/Procurement made by FCI is- 81.66MT (Rice-26.62 MT; Wheat-
55.03 MT) as of July 2020
❖ Note: Normal buffer stock capacity of FCI is- 41.12 mmt
❖ Rice Knowledge bank launched (an agriculture web portal) launched on- 28 Feb, 2019 at Assam.
Funded by World Bank for enhancing knowledge on Rice production techniques and technologies.
❖ Farm Science congress held for the first time in- Bengaluru, Jan 3, 2020
❖ The Programme launched by Prime Minister for eradicating the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and

Brucellosis in the livestock is - National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), 11 Sep,
2019.
❖ The main aim of NADCP is- to control Foot & Mouth Disease (Viral Disease) of cattle and
Brucellosis (Zoonotic disease caused by bacteria) by 2025 and eventual eradication by 2030.
❖ World Bank assisted project SMART launched by which state to Augment agribusiness in rural
areas is- Maharashtra. SMART-State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural
Transformation (SMART)
❖ Government of India set up a target of 20% ethanol blended petrol by- 2025
Note: India is the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China and plans to
reduce its carbon footprint from the 2005 levels by 33-35% by 2030 and pushing ethanol production
from surplus sugar production.
❖ Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched online software for processing
applications, Agmark quality certification mark for agricultural products is- AGMARK Online
system
❖ Monthly pension scheme launched by Central govt. for benefit of Small & marginal is- Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Man Dhan Yojana (Sep 12 2019); Monthly Pension of Rs.3000 will be provided to
farmers on attaining the age of 60 Yrs.
❖ India’s first high oleic acid groundnut varieties developed by ICAR-DGR, Junagadh is- Girnar
4(ICGV 15083) & Girnar 5 (ICGV 15090)
❖ First SAARC Agri Cooperative Business Forum held in- 28-30 August, 2018 at Kathmandu,
Nepal.
❖ Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has opened its first Silk processing plant at-
Surendranagar, Gujarat
❖ **The World Food Prize 2021 was awarded to- Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted (Note:
Haraksingh Thilsted from Trinidad and Tobago, for her groundbreaking research in fish
based food systems to improve nutrition, health and livelihoods for millions around the world).
(M. Imp)
❖ The total egg production in the country during 2019-20 was- 114.38 billion
❖ According to FAOSTAT production data (2019) India rank in egg production in 2019-20 was- 3rd
❖ The per capita availability of egg in 2019-20 was- 86 eggs per annum
❖ Total Meat production in the country in 2019-20 was- 8.6 million tonnes
❖ India rank in meat production in the world was- 5th
❖ Per capita availability of eggs in India is- 74 per person per year
❖ Position of India in terms of Egg Production- 3rd (1-China; 2- USA)
❖ Total commercial poultry population in India was- 534.7 Million
❖ *Total Milk production in the country during 2019-20 was- 198.4 million tones
❖ Per capita availability of Milk in India- 407 grams per person per day
❖ The estimated demand for Milk and Milk products by 2030 at an all India level is- 266.5 million

metric tones
❖ The per capita consumption of milk in the urban areas is- 592 ml and in the rural areas is- 404 ml
(2030 projections)
❖ ***India’s share in World Milk production- 21%
❖ Minimum Support Price recommended by– Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices
(CACP)
❖ MSP announced by- Government of India; MSP is calculated based on Avg. Cost of Productio
Note: MSP was first announced for Wheat crop in the year 1966-67
❖ **At present MSP is announced for- 23 crop commodities only
Note: 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi), 5 pulses (gram, tur,
moong, urad, lentil), 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, seasmum, sunflower,
safflower, niger seed), and 4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane, cotton and raw jute).
❖ *The state that produces highest food grains is- Uttar Pradesh
❖ *The State that produces highest Pulses is- Madhya Pradesh
❖ The state that ranks first in Oilseed production is- Rajasthan
❖ 2018- National year of Millets
❖ **The First Ever world Pulse Celebrated on-10 Feb,2019
❖ **First ever World cotton day celebrated on- 7th Ocober, 2019
❖ First ever World Food Safety Day celebrated on- 7th June, 2019
❖ FAO of the UN declared the annual observance of World Pulses day starting from the year-2019
❖ WTO hosted First Edition of World cotton Day on 7 October in- Geneva, Switzerland
❖ Institutional credit for Agriculture sector for the year 2021-22-16.5 lakh crores
❖ Time period for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set up by UN is- 2015-2030
❖ Number of Sustainable Development goals- 17
❖ Main aim of Sustainable Development Goals laid by the United Nations is - to ensure food security
vis-à-vis nutritional security
❖ Chairman of 15th Finance Commission (2017-2022) was- NK Singh

❖ Chairman of International Egg Commission (IEC)- Suresh Chitturi
❖ Chairman of the Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA)- Chinta
Govindarajulu
❖ Total number of regulated markets in India- 7320

❖ Total number of APMCs (Agricultural Produce Market Committees)- 585
❖ Total number of GRAMs (Gramin Retail Agriculture Markets)-22,000
❖ ** The first state to enact law on Contract Farming in India is- Tamil Nadu
❖ *The First state in the country to implement “Land Leasing Policy” – Uttarakhand
❖ “Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing” (Promotion & Facilitation) Act was enacted in
the year- 2017
❖ Govt. of India Constituted Agri export policy for farmers on -9 Dec, 2018 (aim: to double Agri
exports to 60 billion$ by 2022)
❖ Note: APEDA Nodal agency for implementing Agri Export Policy.
Important Policies/Acts/Ordinances:
Policy/Act Year of Purpose

Formulation
Land Leasing Act 2016 To permit and facilitate leasing of
agricultural land to improve access
to land by the landless and marginal
farmers.
Agriculture Produce & Livestock 2017 To create a single agriculture
Marketing Act market with a single license in which
agriculture produce and livestock would
be traded. There are no separate fees
allocated for individual markets
*Contract Farming Act/Model 2018 To provide adequate confidence to
Contract Farming bill farmers and incentives to sponsors to
enter into contract farming.
Agri Export Policy 2018 To double Agri exports to 60 billion$
by 2022
Pesticide management Bill 2020 Regulate the business of pesticides and
compensate farmers in case of losses
from the use of agro chemicals.
The Farmers (Empowerment and 17 Sep Government to form and Promote
Protection) Agreement on Price 2020 10,000 new FPOs and to promote
Assurance & Farm Services (Passed in Contract Farming
Ordinance parliament)
The Farmers Produce Trade and To remove barriers in inter-state
Commerce (Promotion and 17 Sep trade and give farmers the choice of
Facilitation) Ordinance 2020 sale.
Amendment to Essential 17 Sep ▪ Deregulation of cereals, edible oils,

Commodities Act 2020 oilseeds, pulses, onions and potato
(Passed in from essential commodities.
parliament) ▪ Stock limit imposed under exceptional

situations like natural calamities.
▪ No stock limit for processors, value
chain participants or exporters.
❖ India’s First Agro met Forecast Centre Inaugurated at- UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka.
(Main objective is to give accurate reports on weather which would enable the farmers to protect the
crops and get a good yield.)
❖ First state in India to use Automated Weather Stations (AWS) to provide accurate report on
Weather to farmers is- Maharashtra
❖ Special Micro credit facility scheme to facilitate street vendors to access affordable working capital
loan of Rs.10,000 is- PM SVANIDHI
❖ Nodal Agency that deals in Procurement, Processing, Distribution, export & import of selected agricultural
commodities- NAFED (Oct, 1958)
❖ Nodal agency for undertaking price support operations for pulses & oilseeds and market intervention operation
for other agricultural commodities is- NAFED
❖ Nodal agency for procurement, storage and distribution of food grains is- FCI
Procurement Agencies:
• Wheat & Rice FCI
• Oilseeds & Pulses NAFED
• Cotton CCI
• Jute JCI
❖ Implementing agency for National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)- APEDA
❖ Nodal Agency for Promoting export-oriented production and development of the Scheduled
products- APEDA (1985)
❖ In January 2020 the states that faced severe attack by Locusts is- Gujarat & Rajasthan (5.66
lakh ha area in 10 states (severe in Rajasthan and Gujarat)
❖ *First Pashu Kisan Credit cards were distributed to 101 animal farmers in the state of-
Bhiwanai , Haryana (Imp)
❖ To provide Digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders, Union Ministry of
Commerce & Industry launched- Coffee Connect & Coffee Krishi tharanga
❖ 22 products received Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Government of India in 2020.
Note: The First Product to get a GI Tag in India was- Darjeeling Tea in 2004
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), a
subordinate office under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion looks into the filings of
various Intellectual Property rights in India.
❖ National Sugar Institute (NSI) of India will establish Sugar Institute at- Nigeria

❖ 5th Pulses conclave held at- Lonovala, Maharsatra, 12-14 Feb, 2020.
❖ The Scheme launched by FSSAI on the eve of World Food Day, 2019 is- Food Safety Mitra
Note: Food Safety Mitra is an individual professional certified by FSSAI who assists in
compliances related to FSSAI act.
❖ The main aim or objective of Food Safety Mitra is- for Strengthening and scaling up ‘Eat Right
India’ movement
❖ An initiative launched by FSSAI for collection and conversion of used cooking oil to biodiesel is-
Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO)
❖ Headquarter of International Solar Alliance- Gurugram, Haryana
❖ National Nutrition Mission launched on - 8 March, 2018
❖ National Beekeeping and Honey Mission launched on- 2020 (as part of Atmanirbhar package)
Aim: For overall promotion and development of scientific beekeeping in mission mode to
achieve the goal of “Sweet Revolution”.
❖ Target kept by Government of India to become free of Trans fat is - 2022
*Agriculture Census: 2015

❖ Total number of Operational Holdings in India -146.45 million
❖ *Average Land Holding size is- 1.08 hectare (The average size of operational holdings is highest in
Nagaland (5 hectares) and lowest in Kerala (0.18 hectares). (Imp)
❖ Gross Cropped Area in India - 198.36 million ha
❖ Net Sown Area in India- 140.82 Mha (48% of total area)
❖ Percentage of population depending on agriculture for their livelihood is- 54%
❖ Percentage of workforce depend on agriculture is- 50%
❖ Gross Irrigated area in India is- 96.46 Mha (29% of total cultivated area)
❖ Net Irrigated area in India is- 68.38 Mha (20% of total irrigated area)
❖ Maximum number of operational (landholdings) holdings are in- U.P. (23.82 million)
❖ Minimum number of operational (landholdings) holdings are in- Sikkim (72,000)
❖ Percentage of Small and marginal landholdings (below 2 hectares) constituted is- 86.21%
❖ Percentage of rural women depend on agriculture for their livelihood - 84%
❖ Percentage of women landholders (Cultivators) in agriculture is- 13.87%
❖ Agricultural census conducted for every 5years, first Ag. Census conducted in- 1970-71
Indian Food Processing Sector at a glance:

❖ Total number of Mega Food Parks in India- 42
❖ Cold storage capacity of Mega food parks- 32 Mt
❖ India’s First Aqua Mega Food Park established at- Bhimavaram mandal of West Godavari, Andhra
Pradesh. (14 Feb, 2019)
❖ Minimum Land required for setting up a Mega Food Park is- 50 acres

❖ The Food Processing Industry contribution to Agricultural sector is - 9%
❖ The Food Processing Industry contribution to Manufacturing sector is - 11%
❖ Post-harvest losses in cereals and Pulses accounts for- 4-6 per cent
❖ Post-harvest losses in vegetables accounts for- 7-12 per cent
❖ Post-harvest losses in fruits accounts for- 6-18 per cent
❖ First Modern Mega Food park set up in NE-states at- Zoram, Mizoram (22 July, 2020)
❖ Italy launched First ever mega food park processing in India pilot project named as ‘The Mega Food
Park’ at- Fanidhar in the Mehsana district of Gujarat. (19 April 2021)
Schemes Regarding Food Processing Sector:

A. Gram Samridhi Yojana: 1 March, 2019.
▪ Launched by: World Bank + Central Govt.
▪ Objective: “To help Unorganized Food processing sector” concentrated in rural areas.
▪ Funding: Rs.3,000 crore (1500 Cr by World Bank, 1000 Cr by Central Govt. and 500 cr by
State Govt.)
B. Pradhan Mantra Kisan SAMPADA Yojana- May, 2017
▪ SAMPADA: Scheme for Agro Marine Processing and Development of Agro processing Clusters
▪ Objective: Holistic development of the food processing sector (i.e., Mega food parks,
Creation/expansion of preservation facilities, cold chain & operation green).
C. Trifood project : 20 August, 2020
▪ Launched by: Ministry of Tribal affairs and Ministry of Food Processing
▪ Implemented by: TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India)
▪ Objective: To enhance the income of tribal’s through better utilization of and value addition to
the minor forest produce (MFP) collected by the tribal forest gatherers.
D. Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI): May, 2021
▪ Funding: 10900 Cr
▪ Objective: to support creation of global food manufacturing champions commensurate with
India’s natural resource endowment and support Indian brands of food products in the
international markets.
MITRA- Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA)- February 2021
▪ Objective: To make the textile industry to become globally competitive, attract large
investments and boost exports.
▪ Target: to establish 7 textile parks over 3Years.
E. *Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME): June 2020
▪ Funding: 10,000 Cr
▪ Objective: Scheme to help 2lakh MFEs to attain FSSAI Food standards, build brands and

Marketing.
▪ Implemented in ‘Cluster Based Approach’.
Other Important Snippets

th
❖ Target year fixed by Govt. of India for Doubling of Farmers Income is- 2022 (75
Independence of India) (Announced by PM in 2016).
❖ Chairman of the Committee on Doubling of Farmer Income (DFI)- Ashok Dalwai
❖ Govt. of India formulated point strategy to double farmers income- Seven point strategy
❖ All agricultural programs and policies shift their focus from- Production oriented to Income
oriented approach
❖ Number of Insecticides/pesticides registered in India (as of Dec. 2020) is- 292 (out of 292 104
are indigenously produced or used in India
Note: India is the fourth-largest producer of pesticides in the world. Among crops paddy accounts
for the maximum share of pesticide consumption (26-28%), followed by cotton (18-20%).
❖ RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana)- renamed as- Remunerative Approaches for
Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RAFTAAR) (Time period: 2017-2020)
❖ **To Incentivize states to increase allocation for agriculture and allied sector is the main
objective of- RKVY
❖ India’s First RRBs to launch digital savings account facility is- Telangana Grameena Bank and
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
❖ Country's first indigenously developed value added fertilizer is- Neem Coated Urea
(Enhances Nitrogen Use efficiency and farmers need to apply 10% less urea)
❖ 100% FDI is allowed in- Cold storage, ware houses and Food Processing sector
❖ Govt. of India has increased MSP of Kharif crops by- 1.5 times of cost of production
❖ The average size of land holding in India is- 1.08 ha (The average size of operational holdings is
highest in Nagaland (5 hectares) and lowest in Kerala (0.18 hectares).
❖ Total number of operational holdings in the country according to 2015-16 Ag. census is- 146
Million
❖ Nodal Agency to coordinate the efforts on the Agri-export zones- APEDA

❖ Total no. of Agri Export Zones in India -60
❖ _______is the key approach for doubling farmers income by 2022- Integrated farming
System (IFS)
❖ Total number of Integrated Farming System (IFS) models developed by ICAR which are
location specific, cost effective, eco-friendly, socially in farmers’ participatory mode was- 63
❖ Total number of Mega food parks in India- 42 (Operational Mega Food Parks- 17)
❖ A mission launched by Ministry of earth science and technology dedicated to spreading awareness
about nutrition and accessible to all locally available nutritious food, fruits, and vegetables is-
Aahaar Kranti (14 April 2021)
❖ Agricultural Mechanization for Insitu management of crop residue in- Punjab, Haryana, UP,
Delhi.
❖ **A Machine developed by PAU, Ludhiana that allows a farmer to harvest Paddy & plant
Wheat without delay is- Combo Happy Weeder
❖ NAFED procures “Oilseeds and Pulses” from state government at MSP through- Price
Support Scheme (PSS)
❖ Portal launched by central government of India for e-marketing of Organic products is-
Jaivik kheti portal
❖ *A Company owned by DARE, under Ministry of Agriculture and farmers Welfare is-
Agriinnovate India
❖ Statutory body related to food safety and regulation, protecting and promoting public health
through the regulation and supervision of food safety in India is- FSSAI, 2011 (Food Safety and
Standard Authority of India) (FSSAI Act 2006)
❖ The highest number of Custom Hiring Centers are in- Odisha (2960) followed by Madhya
Pradesh (1922) > Chhattisgarh (782)
❖ Target number of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) set by central government to register
is - 10,000 (to promote cooperative farming)

Food grain production Scenario (2019-20):
Food grains Production for the year 2019-20 (Final Estimates):
Food grain production includes Cereals and Pulses only

Total Cereals Production 274.48 MT
Total Pulses Production 23.03 MT
Total Food grain Production 297.50 MT
Cereals Production (Million Tonnes)

**Rice 118.87 MT (record)
**Wheat 107.86 MT (record)
Maize 28.77 MT
Bajra 10.36 MT
Jowar 4.77 MT
Nutri cereals 17.26 MT
Small Millets 0.37 MT
Nutri/Coarse cereals 47.75 MT
Total Cereals Production 274.48 MT
Pulses
Gram/Bengal gram/Chickpea 11.08 MT
Tur /Red gram/Arhar 3.89 MT
Urad/Black gram 2.08 MT
Green gram/Moong 2.51 MT
Total Pulses Production 23.03 MT
Total food grain Production 297. 50 MT
(Kharif- 143.81 MT
Rabi - 153.69 MT)
(Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, 2020-21)
❖ Nutri cereals + Small Millets + Maize + Barley = Coarse Cereals

❖ Nutri Cereals = Jowar + Bajra + Ragi + Small Millets
❖ Small Millets= Barnyard millet, Proso millet, Kodo millet, Little millet, Foxtail Millet
❖ Sorghum, Maize, Bajra, Barley, Finger millet and Small millets such as (Barnyard millet,
Proso millet, Kodo millet, Little millet, Foxtail Millet) together Called as “Coarse
Cereals”.
Commercial crops:
➢ Oil seeds: Includes Nine crops i.e., Ground nut, castor, Mustard and Rape seed,
Niger, linseed. Safflower, Sunflower, Soyabean and Sesamum.

Crop Production (Million Tonnes)
Soyabean 11.22 MT
Groundnut 9.95 MT
Rape seed & Mustard 9.12 MT
Castor seed 1.84 MT
Total Oil seeds production 33.21 MT
(9 Oilseeds)
➢ Other Commercial Crops

Crop Production
**Cotton 36.06 Million bales #
Sugarcane 370.05 MT
Jute & Mesta 9.87 Million bales ##
(Note: #1bale= 170 Kgs; ##1bale= 180 Kgs
• **BT cotton area in India is - 13.37 Mha (96% of cotton area)
• BT cotton area is Highest in Maharashtra followed by Gujarat.
• Bt cotton is the only GM/Transgenic crop cultivated in India since 2002.
• India ranks 5th in global cultivation of GM crops with only Bt cotton in cultivation.
• India is the largest producer of BT Cotton in the World.
Area and Yield of Major Food crops 2019-20:

Crop Yield (quintal/ha)
Crop Area (in Mha)
Rice 27.05
Rice 43.78
Wheat 34.21
Wheat 31.45
Maize 30.32
Pulses 28.34
Pulses 8.17
Oilseeds 27.04
Oilseeds 12.36
Cotton 13.37
Cotton 4.51
Nutri-Cereals 24.02
Nutri-Cereals 19.76
Total Food grains 127.59
Food grains 23.25

Percentage Share of Area Under Major Yield of Major Food Crops 2019-20
Crops 2019-20
Nutri-Cereals
Rice
Nutri Cereals Rice
Rice Cotton 19.76 q/ha
27.05 q/ha
14% 4.51 q/ha
Cotton 26%
Oilseeds
8% (31.45 Mha) Wheat 12.36 q/ha Wheat
Oil seeds
16% Wheat Pulses 34.21 q/ha
(27.04 Mha) Pulses
19% Pulses 8.17 q/ha
Maize
(43. 78 Mha)
17%
30.32 q/ha
(28.34Mha Oilseeds
Cotton
Nutri-Cereals
Source: Dept. of Agriculture Report 2020-21
Note: Normal Kharif sowing area is- 106 Mha; Normal Rabi sowing area- 62 Mha
The Third Advanced estimates of total food grain production: 2020-21

Crop Production (MT) Target (MT)
Paddy 121.46 119.60
wheat 108.75 108
Maize 30.24 30.00
Jowar 4.80 5.00
Bajra 10.48 9.57
Nutri/Coarse Cereals 49.66 47.80
Total cereals 275.40 MT 279.87 MT
Pulses
Tur/Arhar/red gram 4.14 MT 4.82 MT
Bengal gram 12.61 MT 11.00 MT
Urad/Black gram 2.38 MT 3.60 MT
Moong gram/Greeng ram 2.64 MT 2.48 MT
Total Pulses 25.58 MT 25.60 MT
Total Food grain Production 305.44 MT 301.00 MT
Commercial Crops: 2020 -21

Crop Production (Million Tonnes)
Soyabean 13.41 MT
Groundnut 10.12 MT
Rape seed &Mustard 9.99 MT
Castor seed 2.04 MT
Total Oil seeds production 36.57 MT
(9 Oilseeds)
Cotton 36.49 Million bales
Sugarcane 392.80 MT
Jute & Mesta 9.62 Million bales
(Source: DACFW, 2021)

Horticulture Scenario-2019-20
❖ Area Under Horticulture Crops, 2019-20 was - 26.45 Mha
❖ Production of Horticulture crops during 2019-20 was- 320.76 million tonnes
❖ Productivity of Horticulture crops, 2019-20 was- 12.30 tonnes/ha
❖ India’s share in world production of Fruits is- 13%
❖ India’s share in world production of Vegetables- 10.7%
❖ Percentage of Gross Cultivated Area Utilized by Horticulture is- 16%
❖ Contribution of Horticulture to Gross Value Addition (GVA)/GDP of Agriculture is-38%
❖ Contribution of horticulture to Agriculture GVA/GDP is- 38%
❖ **Total Fruit production in India - 102.02 Mt
❖ *Total Vegetable production in India- 188.90 MT
❖ Total area under Vegetables cultivation- 10.32 Mha
❖ Total area under Fruits cultivation- 6.70 Mha
❖ India’s rank in terms of Production of Fruits and Vegetables- Second (First Brazil)
❖ Leading producer of Fruits in India- Andhra Pradesh (Ranks First)
❖ Leading producer of Vegetables in India- West Bengal (Ranks First)
❖ The fruit crop with highest production in India- Banana (32.59 million tonnes)
❖ The fruit crop with highest area under cultivation- Mango (2.28 Mha)
❖ The vegetable crop with highest area and production is- Potato
❖ The state with production of fruits and Vegetables is high in - Uttar Pradesh
❖ Largest producer of Kiwi fruit in India- Manipur
❖ Largest producer Producer of Lychee and Mesta in India- Bihar
❖ National Horticulture Board located at- Gurugram (Haryana)
❖ Portal developed by National Horticulture board to connect nursery operators with consumers
is- National Nursery Portal
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme: 31 May, 2021
• Implemented by: National Horticulture Board
• Pilot Implemented in: 12 Horticulture clusters (Shopian (J&K) and Kinnaur (H.P.) for Apple,
Lucknow (U.P.), Kutch (Gujarat) and Mahbubnagar (Telangana) for Mango, Anantpur (A.P.) and
Theni (T.N.) for Banana, Nasik (Maharashtra) for Grapes, Siphahijala (Tripura) for Pineapple,
Solapur (Maharashtra) and Chitradurga (Karnataka) for Pomegranate and West Jaintia Hills
(Meghalaya) for Turmeric.
• Objective: To address all major issues related to the Indian horticulture sector including pre-
production, production, post-harvest management, logistics, marketing and branding.
Horticultural Crops Statistics

Horticulture 2019-20 (Final ) 2020-21 (First Advanced Estimate
Crops Area (Mha) Production Area (Mha) Production (MT)
Banana 0.89 32.59 0.92 33.73
Citrus 1.07 14.56 1.06 14.24
Mango 2.22 20.26 2.33 21.12
Total Fruits 6.79 Mha 102.02 MT 6.96 103.22
Onion 1.43 26.09 1.59 26.29
Potato 2.05 Mha 48.56 2.22 53.11
Tomato 0.81 Mha 21.17 0.82 20.14
Total Vegetables 10.30 Mha 188.90 MT 10.71 193.60
Flowers 0.32 Mha 3.00 MT 0.31 2.79 MT
Total Plantation 4.077 15.67 MT 4.11 15.77
Crops
Aromatic & 0.64 Mha 0.73 0.65 0.81
Medicinal
Honey -- 1.2 LT -- 1,20,000 tonne
Plantation Crops 3.8 Mha 16.3 MT 3.86 16.41
Total Spices 4.351 10.298 4.40 10.24
Total 26.45 Mha 320.76 MT 27.16 Mha 326.57 MT
Horticulture 2019-20 2020-21 (First

estimate)
Area (Million hectares) 26.45 27.16
Production (Million Tonne) 320.76 326. 57
Productivity (Tonnes/ha) 12.3 12.36
Top “3” cultivated Top “3” cultivated Top “3” Fruits in

Vegetables in Area & Fruits in Area Production
Production
First- Potato (48.56 MT) Mango Banana
Second- Onion (26.09 MT) Banana Mango
Third- Tomato (21.17 MT) Citrus Citrus
Top “3” States in Vegetable Highest Area Top “3” States in

Production (Mha) Fruits Production
Uttar Pradesh (38.89 MT- Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
12.51%) (2.31 Mha) (16.99 MT)
West Bengal (31.8 MT- Karnataka (2.15 Maharashtra (10.77
10.26%) Mha) MT)
Madhya Pradesh (28.93 MT- Madhya Uttar Pradesh (10.65
9.31%) Pradesh (1.97 MT)
Mha)
(Source: agricoop.nic.in)

Leading producers of different crops in terms of Area and Production
Crop Leading State

**Paddy Uttar Pradesh
*Wheat Uttar Pradesh
**Cotton Gujarat
**Ground nut Gujarat
**Sugarcane Uttar Pradesh
Pulses & Oilseeds Madhya Pradesh
Onion, Chilli Maharashtra
Potato Uttar Pradesh
Jute & Mesta West Bengal
Silk, Coffee, Sunflower, maize Karnataka
Red gram, Uttar Pradesh
Rape seed & Mustard Rajasthan
Tea Assam
Rubber, pepper, Cashew nut Kerala
Total Food Grain Production Uttar Pradesh
Total Spices Andhra Pradesh
Total Pulses & Oilseeds Madhya Pradesh
Total Nutri-cereals Rajasthan
India’s Position in the World in Agriculture

India holds First rank Second rank Third rank
in case of
Spices Arable land, World Tobacco
Agriculture Production
Ginger, Banana, Mango Potato Tomato
Pulses Onion Fertilizer
Cotton seed, Cashew nut Tea Egg
Milk Cabbage --
Millets Cauliflower --
Mango Sugar cane --
Spices Rice --
Pomegranate Wheat --
Banana Food grains --
Sapota Ground nut --
Livestock Cotton --
Acid lime, Aonla Fruits & Vegetables --
Millets, Jute Brinjal, Onion, Garlic, Silk --
Coconut Fish, Bamboo --
*India’s position in natural rubber is- 4th

Animal Husbandry, Dairy & Poultry
❖ **Total livestock population in India- 535.78 million
❖ Share of world livestock population in India – 15%
❖ India’s position in Livestock population- First (Largest Livestock Population)
❖ First livestock census (once 5years) conducted in India in the year- 1919-20
❖ India’s largest states with highest livestock population are- Uttar Pradesh > Rajasthan
❖ The total egg production in the country during 2019-20 was- 114.38 billion
❖ Largest egg producing state in India is- Andhra Pradesh (19.1%) >Tamil Nadu (18.2%)
>Telangana (13.2%)
❖ The per capita availability of egg in 2019-20 was- 86 eggs per annum
❖ Total Milk production in the country during 2019-20 was- 198.4 million tones
❖ ***India’s share in World Milk production- 21%
❖ India’s rank in world Milk production- First
❖ The per capita availability of milk was- 407 grams per person per day
❖ Contribution of Livestock to Agricultural GDP is- 28%
❖ Contribution of Livestock to Overall GDP is- 5.2%
❖ Target to double milk processing capacity from existing 53 MT to 108 MT by 2025.
❖ The estimated demand for Milk and Milk products by 2030 at an all India level is- 266.5 million
metric tones
❖ Total Meat production in the country in 2019-20 was- 8.6 million tonnes
❖ India’s first Government run animal ambulance set up in- Andhra Pradesh (175 mobile
ambulances (Veterinary Clinics) will be placed.
❖ India rank in meat production in the world was- 5th
20th Livestock Census Highlights:

➢ **Total Livestock population in India is - 535.78 million
Livestock Headcount (in million)

Cattle 192.49
Buffaloes 109.85
Sheep 74.26

Goats 148.88
Pigs 8.26
Total livestock population 535.78 Million
❖ Total Bovine Population- 302.79 Million

❖ Total Exotic/Crossbreed population- 50.42 Million
❖ Highest Cattle populating state in India is- West Bengal
❖ Highest Sheep population state in India- Telangana
❖ Highest buffalo populating state in India- Uttar Pradesh
❖ Highest Goat & Camel population state in India is- Rajasthan
❖ Highest Poultry population state in India is- Tamil Nadu
❖ Total Livestock population highest in- Uttar Pradesh
❖ Share of world livestock population in India- 15%
❖ India’s position in Livestock population- First (Largest Livestock Population)
❖ First livestock census (once 5years) conducted in India in the year- 1919-20
❖ India’s largest states with highest livestock population are-Uttar Pradesh >Rajasthan
Livestock Highest Population

Animal Highest Population
Cattle West Bengal
Buffaloe Uttar Pradesh
Sheep Telangana
Goat Rajasthan
Pig Assam
Poultry Tamil Nadu
Exotic and cross breed Tamil Nadu
Camel Rajasthan
Yalk Jammu & Kashmir
Mithun Arunachal Pradesh
Total Livestock Uttar Pradesh
Aquaculture Scenario-2019-20:
❖ India is the Second largest producer of fish and Fresh water fish in the world and
accounts for 7.58 per cent of the global production

Note: total quantity of world fish production is 178.5 million metric tonnes.
❖ The total fish production in India during 2019-20 was- 14.16 million metric tonnes (mmt)
(Includes Inland fish production of 10.43 mmt and Marine fish production of 3.72 mmt)
❖ The contribution fisheries sector to overall GVA was 1.24 and contribution to the agricultural GVA
was- 7.28 per cent (Rs. 2,12,915 crores)
❖ Certification scheme launched by Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) for
aquaculture products is called- ‘Shaphari
❖ Uttar Pradesh was awarded as best performing state in inland fisheries sector while Odisha got the
award of the best Marine state
❖ Union ministry of Commerce & Industry launched e-market place to connect aqua farmers and the
buyer’s is- e-SANTA (Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA Trade in Aquaculture). 15
April 2021.
Note: National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of MPEA.
❖ Mud Crab Hatchery technology to boost the growth of aquaculture sector developed by- Rajiv Gandhi
Center for Aquaculture (RGCA). RGCA R&D arm of MPEDA.
❖ Leading state in Marine Fish production- Gujarat
❖ Leading state in Inland Fish production- Andhra Pradesh
❖ World Fish Centre headquarter located at- Penang, Malaysia
❖ Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute- Kochin, Kerala
❖ Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute- Barrack pore, West Bengal
❖ Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)- Mumbai, Maharashtra
❖ Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture- Chennai
❖ Central Government Launched “Blue revolution scheme” for overall development of fisheries
sector including enhancement of production and productivity, improving the livelihood of the
fishers and welfare of fishermen in- 2015
❖ The main aim of Blue revolution is to augment Fish production to about- 20 MT by 2022-23.
❖ Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY launched in-2020) aims to enhance fish
production to- 220 lakh metric tons by 2024-25
❖ PMMSY intends to increase aquaculture productivity to- 5 tonnes per hectare (up from national
average of 3 tonnes per hectare)
❖ National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) Headquartered at- Hyderabad
❖ Contribution of fisheries to Agricultural exports- 20% (Rs.46, 662 crores)

❖ Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) was set up on-
23rd October, 2018 with worth Rs.7, 522 crore to fill the large infrastructure gaps in fisheries
sector in the country.
❖ Minister of animal husbandry dairying and fisheries is- Sri Giriraj Singh
❖ Govt. of India setup Fisheries export target of Rs.1lakh crore to be achieved by- 2024-25
❖ An Independent Department of Fisheries has been created in 2019 to provide sustained and
focused attention towards the development of fisheries sector.
Fisheries Statistics
Global position 2nd in Fisheries 2nd in
Aquaculture
*Contribution of Fisheries to GDP 1.24%
*Contribution to Agril. GDP 7.28%
Per capita fish availability (Kg) 10.56
Present fish Production 14.16 mmt
Inland 10.43 mmt
Marine 3.72 mmt
(Source:http://nfdb.gov.in)
Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 2021-22 Season
Kharif Crops
Commodity MSP (Rs./Quintal)
**Paddy Common 1940
Grade A 1960
Hybrid 2738
Jowar Maldandi 2758
Bajra 2250
Ragi 3377
Maize 1870
**Redgram/ Tur (Arhar) 6300
Moong/Green gram 7275
Urad/Black gram 6300
Groundnut-in-shell 5550
Soyabean 3950
Sunflower Seed 6015
Niger seed 6930

Sesamum 7307
Medium Staple (Staple 5726
***Cotton length (mm) 24.5- 25.5
Long staple length (mm) 6025
29.5- 30.5
MSP of Rabi crops for marketing season 2021-22

Commodity MSP (Rs./Quintal)
**Wheat 1975
Gram/Bengal gram/Chana 5100
Rape seed/Mustard 4650
Safflower 5327
Barley 1600
Lentil (Masur) 5100
(Govt.of India provided 50% return over cost of production
▪ **MSP for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of Milling Copra - 10,335 per quintal
▪ **MSP for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) Raw/Ball Copra - 10,600 per quintal
▪ MSP for Jute- Rs.4500 per quintal
▪ MSP of Dehusked coconut- 2700/q
➢Cotton: Medium Staple length (mm) of 24.5-25.5 and micronaire value of 4.3-5.1
Long Staple length (mm) of 29.5-30.5 and micronaire value of 3.5-4.3

❖ Sugarcane prices are based on a basic recovery rate of 10 percent
❖ Government announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated crops and fair and
remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane. Total= 23 (22 mandated crops + FRP for Sugar cane)
❖ The mandated crops are 14 crops of the Kharif season viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi,
arhar, moong, urad, groundnut-in-shell, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed and cotton;
❖ 6 Rabi crops viz. wheat, barley, gram, masur (lentil), rapeseed/mustard and safflower and two
other commercial crops viz. jute and copra
❖ Pricing policy for sugarcane is known as- FRP (Fair and remunerative price)
❖ Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for Sugar Cane is declared by - Department of Food and
Public Distribution
❖ Fair and Remunerative Price of Sugar cane for 2020-21 season was- Rs.285 per Quintal
❖ Maximum Retail Price (MRP) fixed by Government of India for Bt-cotton hybrid seed is- Rs.
767 per 450 gms packet plus 120 gms refugia.
❖ MSP of TORIA & DEHUSKED COCONUT (which are not included) derived from the MSP of

mustard & copra respectively.
Chairman’s/Heads/Presidents of different Institutes

Institute Year of Chairman Headquarter
establishment /Head/president
❖ **ICAR th
16 July,1929 President- Narendra Singh
Tomar
DG - Trilochan New Delhi
Mahopatra
❖ **NITI Ayog 1 Jan, 2015 Chairperson- Narendra
Modi
Vice Chairperson- New Delhi
Rajiv Kumar
CEO- Amitabh kanth
❖ **ASRB 1November, Aditya Kumar Misra New Delhi
1973
❖ Doubling of 2016 Ashok Dalwai New Delhi
Farmer Income
❖ NABARD th
12 July, 1982 C. Govinda Rajulu Mumbai
❖ **ASCI 2015 Sanjeev Asthana Gurugram,
(Agriculture Skill Haryana
Council of India)
❖ FCI 1965 Atish Chandra New Delhi
❖ APEDA 1986 Dr. M. Angamuthu New Delhi
❖ ***CACP 1965 Vijay Paul Sharma New Delhi
❖ United Nations 1945, Antonio Guterres Newyork
❖ ICRISAT 1972 Dr. Jacqueline Hughes Hyderabad
❖ PPV&FR **2001 Dr.K.V.Prabhu New Delhi
❖ MANAGE **1986 Dr.P.Chandra Shekara Hyderabad
❖ FAO Oct 24, 1945 Qu Dongyu Rome, Italy
❖ *NAFED **Oct 2, 1958 Chairman- Bijender Singh New Delhi
MD- Sanjeev Kumar Chadha
❖ FSSAI 2011 Ms Rita Teaotia New Delhi
❖ FICCI 1927 Uday Shankar New Delhi
❖ Cotton 2003 Pradeep Kumar Agarwal New Delhi
Corporation
India (CCI)
❖ NDDB 1965 Varsha Joshi Anand, Gujarat
❖ RBI **1 April, 1935 Shaktikanta Das Mumbai
❖ IARI *1905 AK Singh New Delhi
❖ World bank 1945 David Malpass Washington
❖ IFFCO 1967 Balvinder Singh Nakai New Delhi

MD –U.S. Awasthi
❖ GST council 2015 Nirmala Sithraman New Delhi
❖ IMF 1945 Kristalina Georgieva Washington
❖ FSSAI 2011 Ashish Bahuguna New Delhi
❖ IRRI 1960 Dr. Jean Balié Los Banos,
Philippines
❖ IRRI South Asia Dec, 2018 Dr. Arvind Kumar Varanasi
Regional Center-
IRRI SARC &
CERVA
❖ Competition 14 Oct, 2003 Ashok Kumar Gupta New Delhi
Commission of
India
Note: ***APEDA- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
FICCI- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
PPV&FR- Protection of Plant varieties and Farmers Right Act
NAFED- National Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Federation
FSSAI- Food Safety and Standards Authority of Indi
CERVA- Centre of Excellence in Rice Value Addition

List of Important cabinet Ministers:
Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,

Ministry of Rural Development,
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Food Processing Industries
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Shri Giriraj Singh
Fisheries
Minister of Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Minister of Environment & Forest, Climate Change Shri Parkash Jawedkar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Shri Piyush Goyal
Distribution
Ministry of Jal Shakti: Formed in May, 2019

➢ This was formed by merging of two ministries: Ministry of Water Resources, River Development
and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

➢ Campaign launched by Government of India for Water conservation and Water security with an
emphasis on 1592 water stressed blocks in 256 districts is- Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)
➢ Jan Andolan for Water conservation- Jal Shakti Abhiyan
➢ Jal Shkati Abhiyan launched on- 1 July, 2019. (First Phase of JSA- 1st July, 2019 to 15th
September, 2019; Second Phase of JSA- 1st October, 2019 to 30th November, 2019
➢ The first state to provide 100% tap water connections in rural areas /First 'Har Ghar Jal' state
in the country as it successfully provides 100 per cent Functional Household Tap Connections
(FHTCs) in the rural areas is- Goa
Percapita Availability of Food grains-2019-20:

Food grain PCA of food grains PCA of Food grains PCA of Food grains 2020
Gms Per Day (2019) Kg. Per Year (2019) Gms/day Kg Per Year
Fruits 201.50 -- -- --
Vegetables 400 -- -- --
*Milk 407 -- -- --
*Eggs -- 86/annum -- --
Fish -- 10.56 -- --
*Pulses 47.3 17.2 17.5 47.9
Rice 192.1 70.1 201.2 73.4
Wheat 171.1 64.6 177.7 64.8
Other cereals 47.3 17.2 78.2 28.6
Total food grains 494.7 180.5 512.5 187.1
((Source: Economic Survey 2020-21.
India’s Rank in Different Indices- 2020-21
Index Rank
***Human Development Index 131 (First rank- Norway)
Global Innovation Index 48
(Switzerland-First rank)
Global Hunger Index 94
***Gender Gap Index 112 (Iceland- First rank)
***Gender Equality Index 108 (out of 149)
Global entrepreneur Index 68
Environmental Performance Index 178
Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) 63 (New Zealand- First Rank)
Fertilizer Scenario (2019-20):

❖ World’s first Nano urea liquid developed by- IFFCO on 1 June, 2021
(Nano Urea liquid contains 40,000 PPM of nitrogen in a 500 ml bottle which is equivalent to the
impact of nitrogen nutrient provided by one bag of conventional urea. Nano urea costs Rs.240 per 500
ml bottle).
❖ Total consumption of fertilizers in India in 2018-19 is- 29.04 million metric tonne (MMT) (N: 18.80
mmt; P2O5: 7.54 million; K2O: 2.70 mmt
❖ NPK use ratio in India in 2019-20 is- 7.0:2.8:1
❖ Optimum use of NPK ratio is- 4: 2:1
❖ Per hectare consumption of fertilizers in India during 2019- 20 is- 144.9 kg/ha
❖ Per ha consumption of fertilizers highest in- Bihar (245.25 Kg/ha) > Puducherry (244.77 Kg/ha)
❖ Per ha consumption of fertilizers Lowest in- Kerala (36.49 Kg/ha) followed by Jammu & Kashmir
(40.85 kg/ha).
❖ Total production of NP fertilizers in India during 2019-20- 18.51 million MT (N fert- 13.72 million MT,
P fert- 4.79 million MT)
❖ Production of Urea in India- 24.46 million MT; DAP- 4.55 MMT; SSP-4.24 MMT; NP/NPKs: 8.66
MMTs
❖ Total Import of fertilizers during 2019-20- 18.55 million MT (Urea- 9.12 mmt, DAP-4.87 mmt,
NP/NPK- 0.75 mt & MOP- 3.67 mt)
❖ Mostly imported fertilizer- Potash from Jordan and Tunesia
❖ India is third in fertilizer production and second in consumption (China is first in fertilizer
consumption)
❖ The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM recently given its approval for the
formulation of exclusive subsidy policy for Urea produced through coal gasification route by -
Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL), Odisha.
❖ Fertilizer Control order- 1985
➢ Neem Coated Urea
▪ Incorporated as regular fertilizer in 2010
▪ Department of Fertilizers had made it mandatory for all the domestic producers of urea to produce
100% as Neem Coated Urea in the year- May 2015
▪ Government of India has introduced 45 kg bag of urea in place of 50 kg bag of urea in order to
reduce the consumption of urea in the year- 4th September, 2017 (DBT in 2018)

▪ The basic retail price of Urea is- Rs. 5360 per tone
▪ The basic retail price of 45kg Neem Coated Urea bag is- Rs.242 per bag
Note: Government is providing Rs 900 per bag subsidy on urea fertilizer; While on DAP
Rs.1200 per 50 kg bag. (Govt. spends 80,000 crore on subsidies for chemical fertilizers).
➢ New Urea policy-2015: the government allowed the urea producers to produce up to 100%
of production as Neem coated urea.
• 100 % Neem Coated production of urea made mandatory on- 2015.
➢ Nutrient Based Subsidy: scheme started in the Year 1 April, 2010.
• Where a fixed rate of subsidy is announced on nutrients. The NBS covers three macro
nutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) and one secondary nutrient (Sulphur).
Nutrient Based Subsidy Scheme:
Nitrogen Phosphorous Potash Sulphur
(Per Kg Subsidy (Per Kg Subsidy (Per Kg Subsidy (Per Kg Subsidy
rate) rate) rate) rate)
18.78 45.32 (Subsidy 10.11 2.374
on DAP hiked to
140%)
❖ Complex fertilizer included in the nutrient based subsidy scheme is- Ammonium Phosphate
(14:28:0:0)
(Source: Fertilizer Association of India (FAI):2019-20)
Pesticide consumption scenario (2019-20):
❖ Total registered pesticides in India (2019-20)- 292
❖ Government of India banned how many number of pesticides in May 2020- 27 pesticides
(Insecticides-12, Herbicides- 7, Fungicides- 8)
❖ Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIB & RC)- To facilitate the registration
of safe, efficacious and quality pesticides for domestic use and export.
❖ The major pesticides applications are found in- Rice and Cotton crops (1st Paddy, 2nd Cotton)
❖ Top pesticide consumption states in India are- Maharashtra (12,783 MT) and Uttar Pradesh (12,
217 MT) accounting to 40% of pesticide consumption in India (61,702 MT).
❖ The least pesticide consumption state in India is- Goa (30 MT)
❖ The total consumption of bio-pesticides at the national level stood at- 8,847 MT in 2019-
20 (Maharashtra was the major consumer with 1,082 MT in 2019-20).
❖ Total number of Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs) across the country is- 35

(Source: cibrc.nic.in)
❖ Locust control operations have been done in- 5.66 lakh ha area in 10 states (severe in Rajasthan and
Gujarat)
❖ --------------became the first country in the world to use Drones for Locust control after finalizing
the protocols and standard operating procedure- Indi
❖ Locust Warning Organization (LWO) headquarter located at- Faridabad, Haryana
❖ According to a study published in Nature Geo science---------percentage of the arable land is at risk
due to pesticide pollution- 64%
Genetically Modified crops/Transgenic crops/Biotech crops:
❖ Total area in world under GM crops is- 190.4Mha in 29 countries were planted by 17 million
farmers
❖ Area under transgenic plants in India (2019 )- 13.37 Mha
❖ India’s rank in Cultivation of GM crops- 5th
❖ Bt-Cotton is the only GM crop Cultivated in India with an area of- 13.37 Mha
❖ The country with highest area under GM crops- USA (71.5 Mha)
❖ Leading countries in transgenic crops – USA >Brazil > Argentina>Canada> India (5th)
❖ The crops with highest area under GM crops in world is - Soyabean (91.9 mha > Maize (60.9
mha) > Cotton (25.7 mha)> Canola (10.1 mha)
❖ Apex body/Regulatory/Statutory body for approval of proposals relating to release of GM

crops in India- Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), 1989
❖ GEAC works under Ministry of Environment and Forest
❖ The first commercially grown genetically engineered food was- Flavr Savr, Tomato
❖ First cultivated GM crop in the world- Soyabean
❖ First country to approve GM Wheat crop tolerant to drought and ammonium glufosinate
herbicide is- Argentina
Note: The GM wheat variety HB4 was developed by biotechnology companies Bioceres
(Argentina) and Florimond Desprez (France) in Oct 2020.

Climate & Environment:
➢ Montreal Protocol: 1987
Aim: To protect the Ozone layer by reducing the production of substances that deplete ozone
layer.
➢ United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the “Rio
de Janeiro Earth Summit” held on- June, 1992
➢ Kyoto protocol (The international treaty that Committed to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions) held
on- Dec, 1997
➢ Paris Agreement on Climate change (COP 21): Dec 2015
• Legally binding international treaty on climate change
• Entered into force on 4 November 2016.
• Goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius,
compared to pre-industrial levels.
➢ Kigali Agreement: 2016
• It is legally binding. It seeks to phase out the production of Hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) that
are potent greenhouse gases by late 2040s.
➢ Full form of UNFCCC is – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
➢ Full form of NAPCC is – National Action Plan on Climate Change
➢ Full form of SAPCC is –State Action Plans on Climate Change
➢ Full form of UNEP is – United Nations Environment Programme
➢ **Full form of IPCC is- Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (1988. HQ: Geneva)
➢ **UNFCCC was set up in-1992.
➢ ** The Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) Climate change adaptation summit hosted
by- Netherlands, Jan 25-26, 2021.
➢ The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 held on-1-12
November, Glasgow, UK.
➢ 14th session of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD-COP14)
held at- 02-13 September, 2019, New Delhi
➢ Concept of ‘Climate smart agriculture’ given by- FAO
➢ A worldwide system established by the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva to monitor
trends in earth’s atmosphere is- Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
➢ India rank in Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI-2020) is- 10th

➢ According to National climate vulnerability assessment for adaptation planning in India report
most vulnerable states are - Jharkhand , Mizoram and Odisha
Public Distribution System (PDS):

❖ Central government has decided to distribute millets such as “Jowar and Bajra through
Public distribution system to improve nutrition security of the poor.
❖ Total number of Beneficiaries in India under PDS system are- 81 crore
❖ Major commodities distributed in PDS system are- Rice (Rs.3/kg), Wheat (Rs.2/Kg) &
coarse cereals (Rs.1/kg)
❖ The Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) was launched in- 1992
❖ The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) was introduced with effect from- June 1997
❖ The total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the State
Agencies (both owned and hired capacity) is- 819.19 LMT (Lakh Metric Tonnes)
❖ Normal storage capacity is- 529.59 LMT (wheat and rice).
➢ Fortification of Rice & its Distribution under Public Distribution System: 2019-20
▪ Objective: To address the issue of anaemia and micro-nutrient deficiency and to promote nutrition
security in the country
▪ Time Period: 3 Yrs
▪ Fund share between Center and State is: 90:10 (NE States) & 75: 25 in other states
➢ Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)
• Launched as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat
• Objective: to supply free food grains to migrants and poor.
• More than 80 crore people covered under NFSA-2013 will be provided 5 kg free wheat/rice per
person/ month along with 1kg free Bengal gram (Chana) to each family per month in addition to
the 5 kg of subsidized food grain.
Other Miscellaneous points:

➢ Agricultural Extension density in India:
Ratio of Agricultural Extension Officer to Farmers in Hilly areas 1: 400
Ratio of Agricultural Extension Officer to Farmers in Irrigated areas 1: 750
Ratio of Agricultural Extension Officer to Farmers in Rainfed areas 1: 1000

➢ Monthly Radio programme hosted by P.M. of India is- Mann ki Baat (Started on Oct.3, 2014)
➢ Highest Gross Sown Area- U.P.> M.P.> MH
➢ Highest Net Sown Area - MH & M.P
➢ Barren and uncultivated land highest in- Rajasthan
➢ Largest state in terms of Geographical area- Rajasthan
➢ *Government of India Formulated - “7 point strategy for Doubling of Farmers Income by 2022”
➢ Cluster bean- becomes the first agricultural product to enter commodities market.
➢ The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has launched India’s first agri index
for easy reference to price variations in agricultural commodities on- “Agridex” on 13 NOV, 2019
➢ First Indian state to launch Digi-locker Facility for farmers is- Punjab
➢ Country’s first forest healing centre was opened to the public at- Kalika, Near Ranikhet,
Uttarakhand
➢ India's first moss garden has been set up in- Lingadhar village, Khurpatal area of Nainital district
for conservation of Bryophytes and moss species.
➢ Ministry of HRD launched Web Portal and Dash board to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives
of ministry of HRD is- YUKTI Portal (Young India Combating Covid with Knowledge,
Technology and Innovation), 13th April, 2020.
➢ Who chairs the 7-member Group of Ministers that reviews the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana’ is- Rajnath Singh
➢ Bamboo Drip Irrigation system- A system of water conservation is practiced in the state of-
Meghalaya
➢ Agriculture contributes at least- 10% -14% of GHG emissions (Highest by energy sector-72%). Top
three GHG emitting countries are- China (27%) > USA (15%) > EU (10%)> India (6.6%)
➢ The Contribution of agriculture to GDP (2019-20)- 17.8%
➢ The Sector that contributes highest to GDP is- Service sector (54.77%) followed by Industrial sector
(27.48%)
➢ India's first indigenous temperature data logger (-40 to +80) for cold chain management ‘AmbiTAG’
developed by- AWADH (Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub) of IIT Ropar and
Scratch Nest
Agricultural Exports and Imports:

❖ **Share of Agriculture exports in the total exports of the country- 12.26% (fourth largest
commodity in terms of exports)
❖ **Share of Agriculture imports in the total imports of the country- 4.09%

❖ *India’s largest exported agricultural commodity in terms of its value- Basmati Rice
(Rs.32,804 cr)
❖ Highest exported :Cereals (basmati rice &Non basmati rice) >Marine Products>Buffalo meat
❖ Highest imported: Vegetable oils and Fresh fruits
❖ Share of India’s Agriculture exports in the world exports- 2.5%
❖ Share of India’s Agriculture Imports in the world Imports- 1.5%
❖ India’s total agricultural exports accounts for- 2.52 Lakh crore
❖ India’s total agricultural imports accounts for- 1.47 Lakh crore
❖ **India’s top Agricultural Export commodities in terms of value for 2019-20 are- Marine
Products (Rs. 44, 691 cr) >Basmati Rice (Rs. 27, 428 cr) > Spices (Rs. 23, 562) > Buffalo Meat
(Rs. 21, 260 cr)> Non-Basmati Rice (Rs. 13,030 cr)
❖ **India’s top Agricultural Export commodities in terms of value for 2020-21 are- Marine
Products (Rs. 40, 141 cr) > Non-Basmati Rice (Rs. 30, 276 cr) >Basmati Rice (Rs. 26, 850 cr) >
Spices (Rs. 26, 257 cr) > Buffalo Meat (Rs. 21, 336 cr)
❖ **India’s top Agricultural Imports in terms of value are-Vegetable Oils (Rs.74, 286 cr) > Fresh
Fruits (Rs.14, 514 cr) > Pulses (Rs.11, 375 cr)> Spices (Rs.7, 290 cr)
❖ India Exports Principal Agricultural commodities in 2019-20 to the country- Iran
❖ India Exports Principal Agricultural commodities in 2020-21 to the country- Bangladesh
❖ India Imports Principal Agricultural Commodities from the country- USA
❖ India’s position in global export of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products is- 14th
❖ *A Portal for bridging the gap between FPO/FPC/Cooperatives with exporters is-Farmer
Connect portal (FPO/FPC can sell directly their Agri products to Exporters)
❖ Farmer connect portal developed by- APEDA on 20 May, 2020
❖ NABARD and Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) set up India’s
First Agriculture Export Facilitation Center (AEFC) at- Pune
❖ AEFC will provide the capacity building for Agri-food exports.
❖ An apex body that promotes export trade of agricultural and processed food products in India are-
APEDA (Estd.1986), functioning under Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
❖ Online trading portal developed by APEDA, UNCTAD and Ministry of Agriculture for providing

regular statistical updates is- Agri Exchange
❖ The premier organization of Government of India for collection, compilation and dissemination of
India’s trade statistics and commercial information- Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence
and Statistics (DGCIS); HQ-Kolkata.
Fig: Major Share of Export Food Products

(Source: Department of Commerce, 2020-21.)
National Food Security Mission (NFSM)-2007
❖ National Food security Mission (NFSM) launched in the year- 2007. The main objective is to increase
production of Rice by 10 MT, Wheat by 8 MT and Pulses by 2 MT by the end of 11 FYP.
❖ Revised Target of NFSM during 12 FYP is to increase food grain production by 25 MT i.e., 10 Mt
of Rice, 8Mt of Wheat, 4Mt of Pulses, 3Mt of Coarse cereals.
❖ NFSM at present covers 7 crops i.e., Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Coarse Cereals, Sugarcane, Cotton,
Jute.
New Initiatives in NFSM: from 2018 onwards focusing on Nutri-csereals, Oilseeds and Oil palm
❖ New ‘National Mission on Edible Oil’ implemented from- 2018-19

❖ To Increase production of Oilseeds from 30.88 mt to 47.80 million tonnes by 2024-25
❖ Increase the production of edible oils from primary and secondary sources from 10.50 mt to 18 mt by
2024-25 that reduce imports on edible oil from 60 to 45%.
❖ Oil seed production- 33.22 million tonnes (2019-20) & Productivity is 1295 Kg/ha
❖ Central government formulated ‘Seed Minikit Programme’ on June 2021 to bring an additional area
of 6.37 lakh ha under oil seeds & 24.36 lakh quintals edible oils. (Soyabean and Groundnut.)
❖ Target area and production of Mustard set up by Government of India 2025-26 is - 17 million tonnes
in 9 million ha (Mission Mustard)

National Food security Act/bill- 2013
❖ National Food Security Act/bill passed in the year- July, 2013
❖ As per Food Security Ordinance (2013) or Food security bill, food grain’s planned to distribute among
household is/are – Rice, wheat and coarse grains
❖ Amount of rice, wheat and coarse grain decided to distributed per households under Food Security
Ordinance (2013) – Rs. 3:2:1 kg per month.
❖ Under Food Security Ordinance (2013), amount of food grain decided to distributed per household
per month is -5 kg, amount of food grain distributed per family living BPL is-35 Kg
NITI Ayog: 2015 (policy think tank of GOI)

➢ Acronym for NITI Ayog- National Institution for Transforming India
➢ Policy making body of Govt.of India- NITI Ayog
➢ NITI Ayog formed in the year- Jan.1, 2015
➢ First CEO of NITI Ayog- Sindhu Sree Kullar
➢ Present CEO of NITI Ayog- Amitabh Kanth
➢ Governing council of NITI Ayog consists of- Chief ministers of all states
➢ Chairman of NITI Ayog- Prime Minister
➢ NITI Ayog vice chairman- Rajiv Kumar
➢ Full time members of NITI Ayog- Bibek Debroy and V.K. Saraswat
➢ Agricultural economist of NITI Ayog- Ramesh Chand
➢ “NITI Aayog developed Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index for
comparing states on implementation of farm sector reforms
Ranks: Maharashtra-1st, Gujarat 2nd, Rajasthan 3rd
GST: Goods & Service Tax

**Goods and Service Tax is an- Indirect tax
❖ The genesis of the introduction of GST in the country was laid down in the historic Budget
Speech of -28th February 2006
❖ Amendment bill- 122

❖ Amendment Act- 101
❖ GST Council Headquarter- New Delhi
❖ GST Recommended by-Vijay Kelkar Committee
❖ 1st state to ratify the GST bill- Assam
❖ Zero GST- for Food grains

❖ GST threshold limit for Normal states- 20 lakhs
❖ GST threshold limit for NE states- 10 lakhs
❖ 1st state to pass GST bill- Telangana
❖ GST came into effect in India from- 1 July, 2017
❖ Highest tax contribution to Indian economy is from- GST> Corporate tax> Income tax
❖ GST council is the governing body of GST
❖ GST Council Chairman –Finance Minister (Smt. Nirmala Seetharaman)
❖ GST Council formation based on ARTICLE- 279A.
❖ GST was first introduced by- France, 1954
❖ GST implemented in India through- 4 tier structure (5%, 12%, 18%, 28%)
❖ 28% GST for- Luxury goods
❖ GSTN- Goods & Service Tax Network.
GST on Agriculture Products

Commodities GST Rate
Fresh vegetables, Fresh/Pasteurized Milk, Egg, Unpacked Food grains, 0%
Unbranded Natural Honey, frozen vegetables, Preserved vegetables
Packed Organic & Bio Fertilizer, Fertilizers, Milk powder, Edible oils, 5%
Spices, Tea, Coffee, Dry flower, plants and roots, fruits and nuts, Natural
rubber, Cashew nuts and raisin.
Almonds, Walnuts, Fruit and vegetable juices, Preparations of Fruits and 12%
Vegetables, packed coconut water, Drip irrigation systems including
laterals, sprinklers.
Pesticides, Tractor wheel, Tractor parts, Plastic pipes, Ice creams, Corn 18%
flakes, PVC Pipes
Luxury items, cigarettes and aerated drinks 28%

Organic Farming Scenario
❖ Total area under organic certification in India is- 3.67 million ha (2.299 million ha cultivable
area and another 1.37 million hectare for wild harvest collection).
❖ Total Organic production in India- 2.75 Million tones
❖ Total number of organic producers in India- 2.64 million
❖ The state with largest area under organic certification is- Madhya Pradesh > Rajasthan>
Maharashtra
Note: Madhya Pradesh has 0.76 million ha of area under organic cultivation i.e., over 27% of India’s
total area under organic cultivation.
❖ India’s First organic state- Sikkim (Declared on Jan 18, 2016); Second organic state-
Uttarakhand
❖ The country with largest area under organic farming – Australia (27.15 Mha)
❖ The country with highest number of organic producers in the world- India (More than 30 per
cent of world’s organic producers are in India)
❖ India’s rank in terms of organically cultivated area is- 9th; First rank in terms of Organic
Producers.
❖ World’s first wholly organic country is- Bhutan
❖ Largest exported organic product in India- Soya meal (45.87%) > Oilseeds (13.25%) > Tea and
Coffee (9.61%) > Cereals and millets (8.19%) > Spices and condiments (5.20%)
❖ ICAR organic farming research focus on- Rice, Wheat, Cotton (Desi), Maize, Soyabean and
Chick pea
❖ India's first two organic spices seed parks are going to be set up in- Gujarat (Organic Spices
Seed Park for Saunf (fennel seed) in the Banaskantha district and jeera (cumin seed) in Patan
for promotion of organic seed value chain of the spices)
❖ South India's first organic farming university may set up in- Shivamogga, Karnataka
❖ Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) practicing states are -Andhra Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Gujarat and Kerala.
❖ The first state in India to introduce an organic agriculture act/policy is- Uttarakhand
❖ Total number of organic farming packages of practices developed by ICAR for dominant
crops and cropping systems to enhance farmers’ income under PKVY scheme is- 60

Organic farming and Policies and Programmes in India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
ational Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) certification by APEDA 2001.
(70% of India’s organic area under NPOP certification).
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
I. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): 2014-15
a) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) 2015- Participatory Guarantee System of
Certification for India (PGS). 21.5% of India’s organic area under PGS.
b) Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) -
2015. Organic certification in NE States.
Related Institutions and Schemes:
NCOF, National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF).
II. Organic Farming Policy-2015
III. RKVY, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
IV. *Participatory Guarantee System of Certification for India (PGS-India) - 2015-16.
❖ Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP): 2020-21
➢ A Sub-scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for promotion of indigenous
practices including natural farming.
➢ It emphasizes on-farm biomass recycling (biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine
formulations, periodic soil aeration).
➢ Under BPKP a financial assistance of Rs. 12200/ha for 3years will be provided.
❖ Research Institutes Working on Organic farming:
▪ National Organic Farming Research Institute (NOFRI) in- Sikkim

▪ India’s First Organic farming University going to be set up in- Vadodara, Gujarath
▪ National Centre for Organic Farming - Ghaziabad, U.P.
▪ Indian Institute of Farming System Research - Modipuram, U.P.
❖ **Total number of KVKs at present is- 722 (as of June, 2021)

❖ KVKs are under the administration control of- DDG of Agricultural extension
❖ Present DDG of Agricultural Extension- AK Singh
❖ For effective functioning and monitoring of KVKs, KVKs are divided into- 11 ATARI
Zones
❖ Acronym of ATARI – Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes

(ATARIs formerly called as Zonal Project Directorates)
➢ Applied research done by- KVKs; Basic research by- ICAR Research Institutes; KVKs work
starts from Technology testing onwards.
❖ Highest number of KVKs are in- Uttar Pradesh
❖ Zone with highest number of KVKs is- Zone III
❖ KVKs 100% fully funded by- ICAR
❖ Number of On Farm Trails (OFTs) conducted by KVKs (2019-20) for Technology
Assessment & Refinement (TAR) is - 34, 432
❖ Nutri-Gardens & Poshan Thali were pilot tested in KVKs of- Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh
❖ Target number of Nutri-smart villages to be created by 2022 is -100
❖ Number of Frontline Demonstrations (FLDs) conducted by KVKs (2019-20) for showcasing
potentials on improved varieties, modern technologies & practices is- 2.44 lakh FLDs
❖ Technology Assessment and Refinement done through- On Farm Trails (OFTs)
❖ Showcasing potentials on Improved varieties, modern technologies for creating
awareness/popularizing technologies among farmers done through- Front line Demonstrations
❖ OFTs and FLDs were conducted on- Farmer’s Fields
➢ Improved mandate of KVK is- Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application
& Capacity Development (TADA-CD)
➢ Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puraskar 2019 (Best KVK)
awarded to- KVK Datia (M.P.) & KVK Venkataramanna Gudem (A.P)
th
❖ 11 National Conference of KVK held on- Feb 28-Mar 01, 2020, New Delhi
(theme: Empowering Youth for Technology Led Farming)
❖ Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan (KKA) : Launched on 1st June, 2018 to 31st July,2018
▪ It was launched to aid assist and advice farmers on how to improve their farming
techniques and raise farm incomes.
▪ It was coordinated and implemented by KVKs in selected Aspirational districts (117

Districts).
▪ KKA will be implemented in 25 Villages of the Aspirational district with more than
1000 population.

➢ mKisan Portal: Launched on 2013
Platform which provides Web-based mobile agro advisories (Weather, Market,

Outbreak of pest & diseases and their control) to farmers with technological
backstopping from KVKS and Research Institutes of SAUs.
❖ KVK Mobile App developed by- ICAR-IASRI
❖ District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) : Feb, 2019
▪ Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and India Meteorological

Department (IMD) has jointly initiated District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) to provide
Agro meteorological services to farmers to set up in KVKs.
▪ Weather based Agri bulletins & next five days weather forecast will be send weekly
twice (Tuesday and Friday).
New Schemes of KVK (2018-19)

➢ NARI - Nutri-Sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations
Objective: For promoting family farming linking agriculture to nutrition, Nutri-smart
villages for enhancing nutritional security and location specific nutrition garden models are
being developed and promoted by KVKs.
➢ KSHAMTA - Knowledge Systems and Homestead Agriculture
Management in Tribal Areas
➢ VATICA- Value Addition and Technology Incubation
Centers in Agriculture
➢ FIRM- Farm Innovation Resources Management
➢ Farm Science congress was conducted for the first time in the city- Bengaluru, Jan 3,
2020
▪ Note: Farm Science Congress held at Indian National Science Congress in Bangalore.
▪ Farm Science Congress was conducted for the first time in 107 yrs history of the Indian science
congress. The event highlighted the importance of farmer’s innovations and their Scientific
Validity.
➢ Six Month Cross border Agri-tech Incubation Programme launched jointly by Pusa Krishi
Incubator, ICAR & embassy of Indo-Brazil is- MAITRI (Dec 9, 2019)

➢ ICAR notified three institutes having infrastructure facilities to screen samples of
Covid19 for humans is:
▪ NIHSAD (National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases), Bhopal, M.P.
▪ National Research Center on Equines- Hisar, Haryana
▪ Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) - Izatnagar, U.P.
➢ ‘King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award’ of FAO is bestowed to- ICAR to honor ICAR’s
excellent contributions in “Soil Health Awareness” on the theme “Stop Soil erosion, save our
future” during the 2019 year.
➢ Agri voltaic system of 105 KW capacity technology developed by- ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur. This
technology will increase the income of the farmers by generation of electricity and growing cash crops
on same piece of land.
➢ *Total number of indigenous breeds registered by ICAR is- 197
➢ *ICAR-IASRI cloud infrastructure and services for National Agricultural Research & Education
system is- Krishi Megh at New Delhi (11 Aug 2020)
➢ Data recovery centre of ICAR was- Krishi Meg
Note: For Protecting Data of the ICAR.
➢ *e-Learning portal of ICAR on agriculture education is- e-Krishi Sisksha
➢ System of Agri Information Resource Auto-Transmission and Technology Hub Interface of
ICAR is- Kisan Sarathi
➢ Fat Free flavored Makhana without using edible oil or fat developed by- CIPHET, Ludhiana
➢ The flood-resistant Red Rice variety developed by AICRP on rice is- Sahyadri Panchamukhi
➢ ICAR and Digital India Corporation (DIC) signed MoU to provide farm tele advisories to farmers
across
India through Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDS) of DIC is- Kisan Sarathi (June,
2021)
➢ A novel Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility developed by NRCM, Meat Hygienic Meat
Production from Small Ruminants is- Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility (P-MART)
➢ The advanced Solar based Alternate Energy Light Trap (AELT) Device invented by the
scientists of the- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha
➢ Note: The automated AELT is an economic and eco-friendly insect trapping device for trapping flying
insects
➢ New high yielding field crop varieties released by ICAR during 2019-21 is- 562 (Cereals 223,

Oilseeds- 89, Pulses-101, Forage crops- 37, Fiber crops- 90, Sugar cane-14 & Potential crops- 8).
➢ *Central Government recently approved field trials of Indigenous Bt Brinjal Varieties- Janak
and BSS-793 (Developed by IARI contains Bt Cry1Fa1 gene) (IMP)
➢ The ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode has received Patent for Micronutrient Formulation for Black Pepper.
The Black Pepper Micronutrient Mixture’s application enhances products' quality.
➢ Which institute has successfully developed, field tested and commercialized the seed coating
technology of PGPR/beneficial microbes for seeds - ICAR-IISR, Calicut
➢ First indigenous vaccine (brand name CIBA-NODAVAC-R) for deadly Viral Nervous Necrosis
(VNN) disease of Fish developed by- Central Institute of Brackish Aquaculture, Chennai
➢ India’s First Aquaculture Technology Park for better technology demonstration and knowledge
dissemination set up at- ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA),
Bhubaneshwar
➢ “Virtual Classroom” & Web Education Channel” of ICAR-NAHEP is- Agri Diksha (16 April 2021)
➢ *Soil Moisture Indicator to indicate soil moisture status and suitable for different soil types
developed by- Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore.
➢ Hallur ‘Soft Bajra Atta’ developed by- Division of Biochemistry, IARI, New Delhi.
➢ Note: Hallur having the quality to preserve the prosperity of nutrients of Bajra and enriched with the
dough making property of wheat.
➢ A global summit of Overseas and Resident Indian scientists and academicians is- Vaishwik Bharatiya
Vaigyanik Summit (VAIBHAV) inaugurated on 2nd October, 2020
➢ ICAR conferred with Digital India Award under OPEN DATA CHAMPION category by Hon’ble
President of India.
➢ Contingency plans for 648 districts prepared by- ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
➢ ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture (ICAR-CIWA) - Bhubaneswar. First institute
in the world that is exclusively devoted to gender related research in agriculture
➢ Target number of Nutri-smart villages to be created by ICAR by 2022 is- 100
➢ Ag-Tech-Hackathon: KRITAGYA: To promote Farm mechanization
▪ Launched by: ICAR-NAHEP
▪ Launched on: 15 Sep, 2020
▪ To give an opportunity to the students / faculties / entrepreneurs / innovators and others to showcase
their innovative approaches & technology solutions to promote farm mechanization in India.
▪ Acronym for KRITAGYA: KR for Krishi (Agriculture), TA for Taknik (Technology) and GYA
for Gyan (Knowledge).

➢ Agri Start-Up/Agri Incubator programme of ICAR-IARI is- Pusa Krishi Incubator, 24 Dec,
2018.
➢ Third edition of Global Potato Conclave was held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 28 to 31
January, 2020. Launched by P.M. of India.
▪ Aim: to highlight achievements and opportunities in the area of potato research, trade,
industry and Value chain.
▪ Organized by Indian Potato Association, ICAR & ICAR-CPRI, Shimla & International
Potato Center, Lima, Peru.
➢ “Lipoxygenase-2 free Soyabean” with reduced Off-flavor developed by ICAR was- NRC 109
➢ *Genetically Modified Cotton variety developed by Punjab Agricultural
University (PAU), Ludhiana is - PAU Bt 1 and F1861
➢ *Genetically Modified Cotton variety developed by Rajasthan Agriculture University is- RS 2013
➢ International Horticulture Innovation and Training Centre is located in - Jaipur, Rajasthan
➢ IARI has developed ‘Pusa Soil Testing and Fertilizer Recommendation Meter’ for facilitating the
reach of soil testing at the farmers’ doorstep.
➢ **Technology Business Incubator (TBI) hosted by ICAR-NAARM is- a-IDEA (Association for
Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture)
➢ An innovative approach, introduced by IWMI, Bhubaneswar, CGIAR climate to alleviate crop loss
through floods is - Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI)
➢ **RAWEP programme formulated by - MS Randwa committee
ICAR PUBLICATIONS:
English Publications Hindi Publications
1. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Kheti (monthly)
(Monthly)
2. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences (Monthly) Phal Phool(Bi Monthly)
3. Indian Farming (Monthly) Krishi Chanikya (First
Quarterly)
4. ICAR News (Quarterly)
5. ICAR Reporter (Quarterly)
6. Indian Horticulture (Bi Monthly)
7. ARIS (Quarterly)
***Monthly Journal Published by Ministry of Agriculture- Agricultural Situation in India.

Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Umbrella covers
Research Institutes 72
National Bureaus 06
State Agriculture Universities 63
Deemed Universities 04
Central Agricultural Universities 03
Central University with Agriculture Faculty 04
National Research centers 14
ATARIs (Agricultural Technology Application 11
Research Institutes)/KVK Zones
Project Directorates 12
**Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s 722
Various ICAR Awards:

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Extension work
**NASI-ICAR Farm implements
**Haldhar award- Organic Farming
Lalbahadur sastry Award Young scientist award
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award Outstanding Research in Agril. & allied
Sciences
Fakruddin ali ahmed- Outstanding Research in Tribal areas
Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP award
Sardar Vallabhai Patel award Outstanding ICAR institute award
**Punjab rao deshmukh Outstanding Woman Scientist Award
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Vigyan Best KVK
Puraskar
*King Baudoin International Prize Green Revolution
Jawaharlal Nehru Award Outstanding Doctoral thesis research in
agricultural and allied sciences
Dr. Rajendra puraskar Technical bulletins in Hindi
NG Ranga Award Diversified agriculture
Jagjivan ram Puraskar Innovative farmer
C. Subramanyam award Outstanding teacher
Chaudhary Charan Singh Award Excellence in Journalism in Agricultural
Research and Development
Vasantrao Naik award Outstanding research and application in
Dry land farming
Varieties released by ICAR; Biofortified and Other Imp.Varieties

➢ ** Climate Smart Varieties developed by NRRI, Cuttack - CR Dhan 801 & CR Dhan 802 (which
are tolerant to both submergence and drought
➢ Two superior chickpea varieties developed for the first time by using Genomics Assisted

Breeding is - “Pusa Chickpea-10216” and “Super Annigeri 1.
Note: Pusa Chickpea 10216 developed by ICAR- IARI in collaboration with the ICRISAT.
Super Annigeri 1” has been developed by UAS, Raichur (Karnataka) and in collaboration with
ICRISAT.
➢ New Blockbuster wheat variety developed by IARI with high yield and protein content is- HD
3226 or Pusa Yashasvi
➢ High yielding bacterial blight resistant rice developed by IIRR, Hyderabad- DRR Dhan 53
➢ *India’s first high oleic acid groundnut varieties developed by ICAR-DGR, Junagadh is–
Girnar 4(ICGV 15083) & Girnar 5 (ICGV 15090)
➢ Anti Oxidant rich Purple Potato Variety developed by CPRI, Shimla is- Kufri Neelakanth
➢ Latest Wheat Variety developed by ICAR for irrigated timely sown conditions of NE Plains is -
Karan Vandana (DBW-187)
➢ Outstanding Forage Hybrid released in 2019 for revolutionizing forage sorghum production in
India is- CSH-24 (developed by GPBUAT & ICRISAT)
➢ High yielding Soyabean variety developed by using cross breeding technique by Agarkar Reseaerch
Institute, Pune is- MACS 1407 (39 quintals per hectare)
➢ which gives 39 quintals per hectare
➢ Cadalmin Neutraceutical from Sea weeds developed by- CMFRI, Kochin
➢ ** Protein rich rice varieties - CR Dhan 310 & CR Dhan 311
➢ Pigeon pea -PUSA Arhar 16 (determinate, extra early maturity, 120 days)
➢ Wonder variety of Sugarcane- Co-0238 (First wonder cane variety Co-205)
➢ *BT cotton varieties developed by PAU is : F1861, PAU Bt 1(for cultivation in Punjab & Haryana)
➢ *BT cotton variety developed by Rajasthan Agril. University is- RS 2013
➢ First Hybrid variety of Tobacco in India is- GTH-1
➢ Low neuro toxin varieties of grass pea is - Rattan, Nirmal, Prateek
➢ A high yielding YMV resistant and aphid tolerant Tobacco variety developed by CTRI,
Rajahmundry is- Sulakshana
➢ Two Processable tomato hybrids developed by IIHR Bangalore is- Arka Visesh, Arka Apeksha &
Arka Yojith
➢ Multiple (7) disease resistant High yielding Wheat variety is- HD 3226
➢ India’s first triple disease resistant tomato hybrid is- Arka Rakshak
➢ Multiple disease resistant (4 diseases) tomato hybrid developed by IIHR is- Arka Abhed
➢ *Spineless variety of Safflower- NARI-6
➢ First ever short duration/Early maturing Moong bean (< 60 days)- Virat (IPM 205-7)
➢ Miracle red gram variety/ extra early (120 days) maturing, semi-dwarf (120 cm), determinate,
high yielding variety red gram variety is- Pusa Arhar 16
➢ BLB of rice disease resistant basmati variety-PUSA 1592, Punjab Basmati-3
➢ Blast disease resistant rice variety-PUSA 109
➢ Nematode resistant variety of papaya- Pusa Majesty

➢ Day neutral and spineless variety of Okra- Pusa Sawani
➢ Black Variety of Carrot- Pusa Asita
➢ World earliest maturity variety of cotton genotype was identified by CICR scientist (2017) -
Variety name: Yugank
➢ Biofortifcation is the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved through
agronomic practices , conventional plant breeding or modern biotechnology
Crop Biofortified Variety

CR Dhan 310 –Protein rich variety
CR Dhan 311 (Mukul)- Rich in Protein & Zinc, suitable for
**Rice rainfed shallow lowland & medium land.
Zinco Rice MS - rich in Zinc (27.4 PPM) Highest Zinc Rich
DRR Dhan 45 & 315 –zinc rich variety)
CR Dhan 15
WB 02 (Zinc & Iron rich variety)
Wheat HD 3298- rich in protein and Iron
MACS 4028, DBW 303 and DDW 48 rich in protein
Pusa Tejas (HI 8759) durum (Rich in protein, Iron & Zinc, suitable
irrigated timely sown conditions.
HPBW 01 (Iron & Zinc rich variety)
Groundnut Girnar-4 and Girnar 5 (High oleic acid)
**Pusa Vivek QPM9- Provitamin-A, lysine & tryptophan rich
Maize hybrid.
Ladhowal Quality Protein Maize Hybrid 1, 2 and 3 & Pusa HM8
Improved- rich in lysine & tryptophan
Pusa HM9 Improved (lysine & tryptophan rich hybrid)
Pearl millet HHB 299 (iron & zinc rich hybrid)
AHB 1200 (iron rich hybrid)
Finger Millet CFMV1 and 2 rich in Calcium, Iron and Zinc
Little millet CLMV1 rich in Iron and Zinc
Lentil Pusa Ageti Masoor (iron rich variety)
**Pusa Mustard 30- low erucic acid variety (<2% erucic acid)
**Mustard Pusa Mustard 32 with low erucic acid
**Pusa Double Zero Mustard 31- low erucic acid & low
glucosinolate variety
Cauliflower Pusa Beta Kesari 1 (β-carotene rich variety)
**Sweet Potato Bhu Krishna (anthocyanin rich variety)
Potato Bhu Sona (β-carotene rich variety)
Pomegranate Solapur Lal (Iron, zinc & vitamin-C rich variety)
**Tomato **Arka Rakshak- India’s first Triple disease resistant
(Leaf curl, Bacterial wilt & early blight) F1 Hybrid
Yam Sri Neelima and DA 340 – High Zinc, Iron and Anthocyanin content.

(Note: Cereals are deficient in “Lysine” amino acid, Pulses are deficient in “Methionine”)
❖ PM of India dedicates 17 biofortified varieties of 8 crops to the nation on occasion of on the occasion
of 75th Anniversary of the Agriculture and Food Organization (FAO),
❖ Co-0238 (Karan 4) - Wonder varietyof sugar cane, released by
Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal.
❖ Pusa rudhira is an improved variety of-Carrot
❖ Antioxidant rich, red colored Okra variety developed by IIVR, Varanasi - Kashi lalima
❖ An Arsenic resistant high yielding, thin aromatic rice variety is- Muktoshri (W.B.)
❖ New Potato Varieties for Table Purpose- Kufri Neelkanth, Kufri Mohan, Kufri Ganga & Kufri
Lima.
ICAR Varieties and technologies Making Impact:
❖ Revolutionary basmati Rice Pusa Basmati 1121 Forex earning- Rs. 26, 850 cr (2019-20)
❖ CRRI Rice varieties covering 18-20% of rice area of the country; gross value worth
Rs.48,000 Cr per year
❖ Co-0238 (12% Sugar Recovery) worth gross value- Rs.28,795 Cr every year
Popular Mega Varieties of ICAR
Rice Variety- Pusa Basmati 1121 Superior cooking and grain The variety is extremely popular
(Breeder: Dr. Vijaypal Singh) quality. in foreign market and by way of
export earned total of Rs.92117
crore during 2014-19.
Sugar Cane Variety - Co-0238 Unique sugar variety with Rs. 7,199 crores from sugar and
(wonder cane variety) average sugar recovery of about by-products as additional
(Breeder: Dr.Bakshi Ram) 11.5 to 12%. benefit every year.
Wheat variety HD 2967 largely sown wheat variety Cultivated in a area about 10
(Breeder Dr.K.V. Prabhu) million ha (1/3rd area of total
area of the country). The highest
ever demand of breeder seed for
a single variety in Indian
agriculture
Programmes Launched by ICAR:

1. National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), 2011- is a network
project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched in - February, 2011.
Three components: Strategic research, Demonstration & Capacity Building
2. AGRI UDAAN, 2017- Food and agribusiness Accelerator Start up Programme 2.0,
launched by ICAR’s NAARM in collaboration with IIM-Ahmadabad in- August, 2017

3. **ARYA- Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture, July, 2015
✓ To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas and to prevent migration of youth
from rural to urban areas, to take up various Agriculture, allied sector enterprises for
sustainable income and gainful employment in agriculture.
4. READY- Rural and Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana - July, 2015.
▪ To promote entrepreneurial skills among agricultural students.
▪ It will provide an opportunity for the students to learn and understand agricultural
practices in collaboration with farmers.
5. Mera Gaon-Mera Gaurav, July,2015:
✓ To enhance the direct interface of scientists with farmers which will hasten the lab to
land approach.
✓ Under this scheme, groups of scientists will select villages and will remain in touch
with that village and provide required information, knowledge and advisories to farmers on
regular basis.
6. Farmer FIRST: Farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology

(FIRST), July, 2015
✓ ‘Farmer FIRST’ is an ICAR initiative “to move beyond the production and
productivity and to privilege the complex, diverse & risk prone realities of majority of
the farmers through enhancing farmers-scientists contact with multi stake holders-
participation.
✓ The focus is on Farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology
(FIRST).
7. National Agriculture Higher Education Project- Sep, 2017
▪ Funded by: World Bank, Implemented by: ICAR
▪ To provide relevant and better quality higher education to students.
8. Mridaparikshak- July, 2015
A Mobile mini soil testing lab for distributing Soil health cards to farmers.
9. KIRAN (Knowledge Innovation Repository of Agriculture in North East) - 2012
Farmer FIRST, ARYA, Mera Gaon -Mera Gaurav, Mridaparikshak programmes

implemented through KVKs

List of awardees in agriculture sector 2019-20:
❖ **The World Food Prize 2020 was awarded to- Ratan Lal
Note: Indian American Soil Scientist Dr. Ratan lal played a key role in developing and mainstreaming
a soil-centric approach to increase food production.
(First World Food Prize won by- MS Swaminathan in 1987)
❖ The world Food Prize 2021 was awarded to- Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted for her influential
work on nutrition, fish, and aquatic food systems.
❖ First MS Swaminathan Award for environment protection 2019 awarded to- Dr.R.S.Paroda
❖ Early career entomologist award from royal entomological society, London, U.K. bestowed to-
Dr.B.S.Gotyal, senior scientist, CRIJAF, Barrackpore (for his outstanding contribution in jute pest
management).
❖ Indian Biodiversity Award 2021conferred to- Shaji N M (Tuber man of India)
Krihi Karman Awards:

➢ Krishi Karman awards were instituted in the year -2010-11 (with cash Prize 5cr, trophy & citation)
➢ To reward the best performing States in food grains and individual crops of Rice, Wheat, Pulses,
Coarse Cereals and Oilseeds.
➢ **Krishi Karman Award for the highest production of food grain (>10 mt) awarded to-
Chattisgarh
➢ Krishi Karman Award for the best-performing state in Overall Food-grain Production Category-III
(production less than 1 million tone) awarded to- Manipur
ICAR Awardees-2019
❖ Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puraskar 2019 (Best KVK)
awarded to- KVK Datia (M.P.) & KVK Venkataramanna Gudem (A.P)
❖ Sardar patel Outstanding ICAR institution award (2019) in the University category awarded to- G.B.
Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
❖ Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR institution award (2019) in the Large institute category awarded to -
CMFRI, Cochin
❖ Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR institution award (2019) in the Small institute category awarded to-
CICR, Nagpur.

ICT Initiatives in Agriculture:
Name of the App/ Developer Purpose

Portal
KVK Mobile App ICAR- IASRI, New Delhi To Get details of information
about KVK and facilities provided by
KVK.
ICAR technologies ICAR • Consists of proven technologies
generated by ICAR institutions.
• An easy way to locate appropriate
technologies based on major resource,
commodity and technology group.
Pusa Krishi (2016) ICAR-IARI To help the farmers to find easy solutions
to problems in their farm fields and get
information about weather.
Kisan Sarathi ICAR and IIDS of Digital • System of Agri Information Resource
India Corporation Auto-Transmission and Technology
Hub Interface of ICAR
• To provide tele Agro advisory services
to farmers
*KISAAN ICAR- Directorate of App that integrates more than 100
(Krishi Integrated Knowledge Management in agriculture related apps of ICAR
Solution for Agri Agriculture (DKMA) institutes.
Apps Navigation).
Jaf Safe ICAR-CRIJAF Barrackpore Jute and allied fiber crops Pest
Management.
Arka Vyapar IIHR, Bangalore To connect farmers with traders for best
available prices.
Livestock Disease ICAR-National Institute of To provide information related to early
Forewarning Veterinary Epidemiology and warning and about clinical samples for the
Disease Informatics (ICAR- diagnosis in case of epidemic.
NIVEDI), Bangalore.
e-Gopala Department of Animal For comprehensive breed improvement
Husbandry Dairying & market place and information portal for
Fisheries direct use of livestock farmers
Kisan Sabha CSIR-CRRI To connect farmers to Supply chain
UMANG (Unified Digital India, Min. of ICT To facilitate a single point of access to all
Mobile Application for government services.
New-Age Governance)
Uber for Tractor Ministry of Agriculture and • To hire Farm equipments on rental
Farmers welfare basis
• To efficiently connect farmers with
Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs) just like

Uber connects passengers to cabs.
Kisan Rath Ministry of Agriculture and To facilitate the farmers and traders across
Farmers welfare the country for transportation of agri-
produce by connecting them with the
transporters.
CHC Farm Ministry of Agriculture and Multi lingual Mobile App that will
Machinery App Farmers welfare allow farmers to avail custom hiring
services of CHCs located at a radius of
50 KM.
National Mobile Ministry of Rural For taking real time attendance of
Monitoring Software Development workers at MNREGA worksites and
App (NMMS) area officer.
Krishi Kisan App Ministry of Agriculture and • Geo Tagging of Agricultural assets
Farmers welfare • To provide farmers the information of
best demonstration of high yielding crops
and seeds in their nearby area. (24 Sep
2019)
PM Kisan App (Feb Ministry of Agriculture and To increase the outreach of PM KISAN
2020) Farmers welfare Scheme
Kisan Suvidha Ministry of Agriculture and To provide information on subjects
(March, 2016) Farmers welfare such as weather, Market prices, seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides, Input dealers
and agriculture machinery.
*“Plantix” PEAT GmBH in collaboration Image based Plant diagnostic app
with ICRISAT, CIMMYT &
CABI.
m Hariyali Ministry of Jal Shakti For cleaning & greening of open space
through plantation, rain water harvesting-
awareness & construction
Drishti (2015) NRSC (National remote For field data collection
sensing centre)
Hortinet APEDA To facilitate farmers testing, registration
and certification of Fruits & vegetables
Farmer Connect APEDA • For bridging the gap between
portal FPO/FPC/Cooperatives with exporters.
• FPO/FPC can sell directly their Agri
products to Exporters
Jaivik Kheti Portal Ministry of Agriculture and For marketing of Organic produce
Farmers welfare
Crop Insurance Ministry of Agriculture and Used to calculate the insurance premium
Farmers welfare for notified crops based on area, coverage.
Agri Market Agmarknet To get the market price of crops in the
markets within 50 Kms of device location.
Agri Invest (2021) Ministry of Agriculture and Dedicated Investor facilitator cell of Min.
Farmers welfare of Agriculture.

One stop solution to all investors in Agril.
Farmers Portal Ministry of Agriculture and One stop shop for meeting all
(July, 2013) Farmers welfare informational needs relating to
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and
Fisheries sectors production, sale/storage
of an Indian farmer.
mKisan (July, 2013) Ministry of Agriculture and Enables all Central and State government
Farmers welfare organizations in agriculture and allied sectors
to give information/services/advisories to
farmers by SMS in their language, preference
of agricultural practices and location.
Weather Related Apps
*Meghdoot Indian Meteorological ‘Vernacular Agro Met advisory App’
Department (IMD) & Indian based on weather forecast to farmers.
Council for Agriculture Research (Aug, 2019).
(ICAR)
Mausam IMD, IITM (Pune), ICRISAT To provide location specific weather
and DAY (Digital Agriculture forecast & warning for general public
and Youth)
Damini IITM-Pune and ESSO Lightening Alerts and protection against
lightening
Gemini ISRO and INCOIS Disaster Warning device launched by
government to protect fishermen of any
danger.
Gemini is a portable device linked to
ISRO satellites that is ‘hail proof’
Important International Years:

2004 International year of rice
2005 International year of micro credit
2006- International year of desert and desertification
*2007 International year of water (theme-more crop per drop)
2008 International year of potato
2009 -International year of fiber
*2010 International year of Biodiversity
2011 International Year of Forests and International Year of Youth
2012 International Year of Cooperatives and International Year of
Sustainable Energy for All
2013- International Year of Water Cooperation
2014 International year of Family farming & Farmer Producer organizations
**2015 International Year of Soil
**2016 International Year of pulses
2017 International Year of sustainable tourism for development
2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

2020 International Year of Plant Health
2021 International Year of Fruits & Vegetables
2022 international year of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture
2023 International Year of Millets
NATIONAL BUREAUS- 06
NBAGR- National Bureau of Animal Genetic Karnal, Haryana
Resources
NBAII – National Bureau of Agriculturally Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Important Insects
NBAIMO- National Bureau of Agriculturally Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh
Important Micro-Organisms
NBFGR- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Resources
NBPGR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic New Delhi
Resources
NBSS & LUP- National Bureau of Soil Survey Nagpur, Maharashtra
and Land-Use Planning
Deemed Universities- 04
IARI - Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi

NDRI - National Dairy Research Institute Karnal, Haryana
IVRI - Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
CIFE - Central Institute on Fisheries Education Mumbai, Maharashtra
Project/Mission Initiated in
AICRP on Maize 1957
National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) 1979
National Agriculture Extension Project (NAEP) 1983
Technology Mission on Oil Seeds 1986
National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) 1998
National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) July, 2006
National Horticultural Mission (NHM) 2005-06
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) 2014-15
National Food Security Mission (NFSM) 2007
National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) Oct, 2017
National Food Security Act or Ordinance July, 2013
National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture Feb 2011
(NICRA)
Agricultural Management Agency 2005
AICRP on Maize 1957

Major Flagship programmes Launched by Central Government in
Agriculture and allied Sectors (Must Read) **
Agriculture related Programmes launched during 2021
1. Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI): May 2021
▪ Implementation Period: 2021-22 to 2026-27
▪ Launched by: Min. of Food Processing Industry
▪ Funding: 10, 900 cr
▪ Objective: To support creation of global food manufacturing champions commensurate
with India’s natural resource endowment and support Indian brands of food products in
the international markets.
2. Agricultural Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC): Feb 2021
▪ Objective: to support agriculture sector amid covid-19 pandemic.
▪ To improve agriculture infrastructure along with conserving and processing agricultural output
efficiently.
▪ Cess on Various commodities (Rs. 2.5 per liter on Petrol; Rs.4 per liter on diesel; 5% on
Gold, silver, crude palm oil, coal, lignite, peat, fertilizers; 20% on Sunflower and Soyabean oil &
100% on alcoholic beverages)
3. Development of modern fishing Harbours and fish landing Centers- 5 major fishing
harbours - Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, and Petuagha will be developed as hubs
of economic activity.
4. Promotion of Sericulture based Agro forestry models: March 2021
Launched by: Ministry of Agriculture and Central Silk Board
Sub component of : Sub - mission on Agroforestry
Catalyst: Central Silk board, Ministry of Textiles to promote Agroforestry in the silk sector.
5. Seed Minikit Programme : 4 June, 2021
Launched by: Ministry of Agrculture
Funded under: NFSM
Implemented by: NSC, NAFED & Gujarat State Seeds Corporation
Seed Minikits consisting of higher yielding varieties of seeds of Pulses and oilseeds were
distributed to farmers and for increasing seed replacement rate.
Agriculture related Programmes launched during 2020
➢ In 2020 Budget Government formulated______ point strategy to boost Agriculture -16 point
1. Kisan Rail Scheme: 1 Feb, 2020
Launched by: Indian Railways through PPP.
Objective: To build a Seamless National Cold Supply Chain for perishables (Milk, Meat,
Fish, Fruits) through refrigerated coaches in Express and Freight trains.

To help small farmers to supply perishable goods across the country.
2. Krishi Udaan: 1 Feb, 2020
Launched by: Ministry of civil Aviation
Objective: To facilitate the marketing of agricultural and farm products of the northeastern
states outside the region.
To assist farmers in transporting agricultural products so that improves their value realization.
3. Dhanya Lakshmi Scheme: 1 Feb, 2020
SHGs & Women SHGs will be promoted to become Dhanya Lakshmi (Seed banks) using
Mudra Yojana.
4. *SVAMITVA- Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village
Areas
Launched on: 24 April 2020
Objective: to provide the record of rights to document the residential properties to village
household owners in rural areas and issue property cards.
5. Gram Swaraj portal- 24 April, 2020.
Objective: to bring transparency in governance of Panchayat raj system.
Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Self Reliant India Mission)

• Launched by PM of India on- 12th May, 2020
• *Objective: to provide economic stimulus package worth of Rs.20 lakh crores aimed to
support economy battered by lockdown to contain corona virus pandemic.
• 5 Pillars of Atma Nirbhar Bharat are- Economy, Infrastructure, System
(Technology driven), Vibrant Demography, Demand (DEVIT)
• Focus of Atmanirbhar is on: Land, Labour, Liquidity and Laws (4L)
• Aspirational vision of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan is- Atmanirbhar Krishi
and Atmanirbhar Kheti
➢ Breakdown of the 20 Lakh Crore package (10% of GDP) under Atmanirbhar

Bharat Abhiyan is:
Scheme under Atma Nirbhar Size of Package Objective
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
1.7 Lakh crore To supply free food grains to
Anna Yojana migrants and poor.
MSME 50,000 Cr To set up a Fund of Funds with
Rs. 10,000 cr to provide equity
funding support for MSME.
Emergency Working Capital Rs. 3 Lakh Cr For business including MSMEs

Facility
Agri and Allied Sectors- 3 Pronged Strategy to strengthen Agriculture Infrastructure,
logistics, Capacity building
Agri infrastructure Fund 1Lakh crore Cold chain & Post Harvest
Management Infrastructure
Formalization of Micro Food 10,000 Crore Scheme to help 2lakh MFEs to
Enterprises (MFEs); attain FSSAI Food standards,
Vocal For Local with Global build brands and Marketing.
Outreach ‘Cluster Based Approach’.
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada 20,000 Crore Integrated, Sustainable,
Yojana (11,000 Cr for Inclusive Development of
activities in Marine, Marine and Inland Fisheries.
Inland Fisheries and Key Activities:
Aquaculture. Cage Culture,
9,000 Cr for Sea weed farming
Infrastructure- Ornamental Fisheries & new
Fishing Harbors, fishing vessels, traceability.
Cold chain, Markets) Additional Fish Production of
70 LT & Over 1Lakh Cr
exports.
National Animal Disease Control 13,343 Crore 100% vaccination for Cattle,
Programme (NADCP) Sheep, Goat, Buffalo, Pig
population for Foot and Mouth
and Brucellosis
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure 15,000 Crore To support private investment
Development Fund in Dairy Processing, Value
Addition and Cattle Feed
Infrastructure.
Promotion of Herbal Cultivation 4000 Crore To increase herbal cultivation
from 2.5 lakh hectares to 10
lakh ha in next 2years by
NMPB.
Bee Keeping Initiatives 500 Crore Infrastructure development for
Integrated Beekeeping
Development centers,
Collection, Marketing, Storage
centers, Post-harvest and Value
Addition centers.
Operation Green 500 crore Extended Operation Green from
Tomatoes, Onions & Potatoes

(TOP) to All fruits and
Vegetables (TOTAL)
*Promotion of 10,000 Farmer 6,865 Crore FPOs to be promoted under
Producer Organizations *‘One District-One Product”
➢ AS per One District One Product Approach the Ministry of Agriculture shortlists-135 district
specific unique products
➢ Additional emergency working capital provided to farmers through NABARD under Atma- Nirbhar
is- Rs. 30,000 cr
➢ Govt. of India has set up a target to issue mow many number of Kisan Credit card (KCC)
under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan- 2.5 crore KCC
➢ Credit boost Provided to KCC scheme under Atma Nirbhar Bharat is- Rs. 2lakh crore
Note: KCC farmers includes Fishermen & Animal Husbandry farmers.
Schemes Launched Under Atma Nirbhar Bharat

➢ Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)
• Launched as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat
• Objective: to supply free food grains to migrants and poor.
• During the period of April - November 2020, more than 80 crore people will be provided 5 kg
free wheat/rice per person/ month along with 1kg free Bengal gram (Chana) to each family
per month.
➢ Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan- 20th June, 2020

• Launched first in: Khagaria District of Bihar
• Launched under: Atma Nirbhar Abhiyaan and PM’s Vocal for Local
• Objective: to provide immediate employment opportunities to return migrant
workers.
➢ Formalization of Micro Food Enterprises (MFEs)- 10,000 cr
• Launched under: PM’s vision of Vocal for Local with Global outreach.
• Objective: To help 2Lakh MFEs to attain FSSAI food standards, build brands and Marketing.
• Cluster based Approach: Mango- U.P; Kesar - J&K, Bamboo shoots in NE states, Chilli-
Andhra Pradesh, Tapioca-Tamil Nadu.
➢ Operation Green- From TOP to TOTAL
• Operation Green extended to All Fruits and Vegetables
• 50% subsidy on transportation (from surplus to deficit areas)
• 50% subsidy on storage including cold storages
➢ Agri Infrastructure Fund:
• Launched by PM on: 9 August, 2020

• Objective: To provide debt financing facility for post-harvest management infrastructure and
community farming assets.
• Corpus Fund of 1Lakh crore will be provided to FPOs, SHGs, PACS, Start ups, Agri-
entrepreneurs
• Interest subvention of- 3% per annum up to Rs. 2crore
• Implementation period: 2020-2029.
• Repayment period: 7 years
• To reduce food wastage by setting up of Post-harvest infrastructure is- <10%
• To create Value addition- >25% processing
➢ One-Nation One- Ration Card scheme:

• Launched on: 1st June, 2020
• Launched by: Central Government
• Managed by: FCI
• Objective: to allow migratory ration card holders to collect their entitled ration under PDS from
any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country by using the existing ration card issued in their home states.
➢ Revised Definition of Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
Updated MSME Definition in service and Manufacturing sector
Type of Enterprise Investment Turnover
Micro Rs. 1 Crore Rs. 10 Crore
Small Rs. 10 Crore Rs. 50 Crore
Medium Rs. 50 Crore Rs. 250 Crore
➢ *PM-SVANIDHI
• Launched on: 1 June, 2020
• Launched by: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
• Acronym: PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (under Vocal for Local)
• Objective: Special Micro credit facility for street vendors to access affordable working
capital loan of Rs.10, 000 to street vendors.
• Target: to cover 50 lakh street vendors
➢ Sahakar Mitra Scheme
• Launched on: 12 June, 2020
• Launched by: National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
• Objective: Scheme will help cooperative institutions access new and innovative ideas of
young professionals while the interns will gain experience of working in the field to be self
reliant.

Agriculture Programmes launched during 2018-19 to 2019-20
1. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana

• Launched: 5th July 2019
• Aim: To increase the production of fish and aquatic products
• It includes MoFPI’s schemes such as Food Parks, Food Safety and Infrastructure.
2. *Pradhan Mantri Kisan Man Dhan Yojana – Monthly pension scheme for Small & marginal
farmers.
• Launched: 12th Sep, 2019, Ranchi, Jharkhand
• Aim: To provide Security to the lives of 5 Crore Small and Marginal Farmers by
providing a minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month, to those who attain 60 years of age
• All the small and marginal farmers who are currently between the ages of 18 to 40 years
can apply for the scheme.
• Farmer’s monthly contribution can be made from the installments of PM-KISAN or
through CSCs
3.PM-JIVAN: Prime Minister- Jaiv Indan Vatavaran Anukool Fasal Awasesh Nivaran- Feb 28,
2019
➢ To provide financial support to Integrated Bio ethanol project using biomass & crop
residues.
➢ 1969 cr for a period of 2018-19 to 2023-24
4.Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)- Sep, 2018
➢ To provide MSP assurance to the farmers
Sub components of PM-AASHA:
a) Price Support Scheme: Procurement of Oilseeds, pulses & Copra to be done by central
nodal agencies along with state govts. Central govt. to bear procurement expenditure
and losses due to procurement upto 25% of production.
b) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS): will cover all oilseeds.
Farmers will get direct payment of the difference between the MSP and the Selling price.
c) Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme: Participation of private sector in
procurement operations to be piloted.
***5. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN): 24 Feb, 2019
➢ Direct income support of Rs.6, 000 per annum to all Land Holding Farm Families. (Imp)
➢ Farmer will get Rs.6000 in three installments (4 months once, effective from 01.12.2018)
➢ The Scheme was formally launched at national level by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on
the 24th February, 2019 at Gorakhpur, UP.
➢ Total beneficiaries registered under the PM Kisan scheme is- 11 Crore

6. Har Medh Par Pedh: Dec, 2018
➢ Establishing New Forward linkages for Agro forestry produce
➢ Promotion of tree based oil seeds for production of biofuel.
7. **Kisan Urja Suruksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM): Feb, 2019
❖ ****Formulated by ministry of New and Renewable Energy
❖ ** Installation of Grid connected Solar power plants each of capacity Upto 2MW in
rural areas
❖ ***Installation of Solar water pumps (for 20 Lakh farmers)
❖ **Solarisation of existing grid connected agricultural pumps (for 15 lakh farmers) to
make farmers independent of grid supply and also enable them to sell surplus solar
power to DISCOM.
8. Van Dhan Scheme: 14 April, 2018
▪ Launched by: Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED
▪ Objective: To improve tribal incomes through value addition and MSP of tribal products
9. Yuva Sahakar Scheme: November, 2018
Launched by: NCDC
Objective: To give wings to Young entrepreneurs in Cooperatives
The scheme will be linked to Rs.1000 cr Cooperative Start up- and Innovation Fund
(CSIF) created by the NCDC.
10. GOBAR – DHAN: Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources, February, 2018
• Main focus on converting cattle dung, solid waste into compost, biogas and bio-CNG.
11. Agrimarket Infrastructure Fund: March, 2019
Corpus fund of Rs.2000 cr to NABARD towards soft loan to states/UTs for developing
Marketing infrastructure.
Agriculture Programmes launched during 2014-15 to 2017-18

12. Pradhan Mantra Kisan SAMPADA Yojana- May, 2017
SAMPADA - Scheme for Agro Marine Processing and Development of Agro
processing Clusters
Objective: Holistic development of the food processing sector
➢ Promotion of Value addition through food processing
➢ Integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure
➢ Total number of Mega food parks- 42
➢ Infrastructure facilities creation through Mega food parks
➢ Budget: Allocation of 6,000 cr for a period of 2016-20
13. Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF): Sep, 2017

Budget: Allocation of Rs. 10,881 crore during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29.
Objective: To create infrastructure facilities in dairy sector
Implementing Agency: National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and National
Cooperative Development Cooperation (NCDC)
Sponsoring Agency: NABARD
14. **E-Pasuhaat Portal: 2016

❖ For connecting breeders and farmers of indigenous breeds of cow
❖ To connect Farmers and breeders o trade disease free germplasm.
15. ***Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana; Jan 14, 2016 (Imp)
- Under this scheme farmers will have to pay
▪ *2% premium fixed by insurance firms for Kharif crops
▪ *1.5%- for Rabi crops
▪ *5% for Commercial & Horticultural crops
• It is formed by Merging National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (1999-2000); Weather
based Crop Insurance Scheme (1985)
• Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)- Kharif 2016- aims to
mitigate the hardship of the insured farmers against the anticipated crop loss resulting from
adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature, wind, humidity etc.
16. *e- National Agricultural Market: April 14, 2016 “One Nation-One Market”
❖ Electronic trading portal designed to create a unified national market for
agricultural commodities.
❖ To assure transparent price discovery for remunerative crops for the farmers for
their produce through competitive online bidding system.
❖ All 585 APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committees) connected to e-NAM by

March 31, 2018.
❖ *Total number of Mandi’s registered under e-NAM (One Nation-One Market) is-
1000 in 18 states and 2UTs (1000 more mandis to be integrated by 2021-22)
❖ *Highest e-NAM Mandi’s are in- Rajasthan
❖ Leading promoter of e-NAM is- Small Farmer Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)

❖ 1.68 Crore farmers are registered and Rs 1.14 lakh crore of trade value has been
carried out through e-NAMs.
❖ New Modules in e- NAM were launched in- April 2020

▪ Ware house based trading module: e- NAM integrated with e-Negotiable Warehouse
receipts.
▪ FPO Module: Uploading of produce, bidding and payment from their collection
centers directly.
17. Parampraghat Krishi Vikas Yojana: 2015- Cluster Approach
• Launched to support and promote organic farming and thereby improving soil health.
• To bring 5 lakh acres under OF by 10,000 organic clusters.
18. Soil Health Card Scheme; Feb 19, 2015 (Theme: Swasth Dhara Keth Hara)
❖ To issue soil health cards to farmers which will carry crop wise recommendations of
nutrients.
❖ Development of Model Villages Project (2019-20)- Under this project Soil sample
collection has been taken up at Individual farm instead of Grid.
❖ Soil Health Card Celebrated on 19 Feb on Occasion on 5yrs of completion of scheme.
19. *DD Kisan channel - 24 hr Farm television channel - 26 May, 2015
20. **Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana- 1st July, 2015

• To attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand
cultivable land in the country
• Theme- Per drop more crop
Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF): With a corpus of Rs.5000 crore has been operationalized in
NABARD from 2019-20.
• MIF has set up to achieve goal of ‘Per drop more crop’.
21. Swachh Bharat Mission: October 2, 2014
- To make India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2019.
- Cess on Swachh bharat services: 0.5%
22. National Livestock Mission: 2014-15

• Intensive development of livestock, especially small livestock (sheep/goat/poultry)
along with adequate availability of quality feed and fodder.
23. National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil palm (NMOOP): 2014-15f

• For increasing production of oilseeds and Oil palm

24. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): 2014-15
• High growth rate, spur the production & productivity of horticultural crops.
25. ***RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) - 2007
• To increase annual agricultural growth rate by- 4%

• To incentivize states to increase allocation for agriculture and allied sector
• To make forming remunerative economic activity by strengthening farmers
effort, risk mitigation and promoting agribusiness entrepreneurship.
• Share of stake holders: 60:40 grants between centre and state government
while 90:10 for North Eastern and Himalayan States.
• Sub-schemes: Accelerated Fodder Development Programme (AFDP), Saffron
Mission, Crop Diversification Programme (CDP) etc.,
➢ RKVY-RAFTAAR: RKVY Renamed as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative
Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) in 2017
▪ Aim: Strengthening infrastructure in Agriculture and Allied sectors to promote Agripreneurship
and Agribusiness by facilitating financial aid and nurturing a system of business incubation.
▪ Fund: 15,900 Cr in 2017-18 to 2019-2020
▪ Important components: Innovation and Agri-entrepreneurship development.
▪ *5 Knowledge partners: IARI, MANAGE, NIAM, UAS Dharwad and AAU (Jorhat).
RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubation Scheme: Two components
a) Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (AOP) of RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme: aimed at
providing an opportunity to entrepreneurs, Students/youth to work on their innovative ideas on
technological solutions/processes/products/services/business platforms etc.
• Idea/Pre-Seed Stage funding: Rs. 5 lakhs per startup as grant in aid.
• 8 Weeks training cum hands on internship
• A stipend of Rs. 10,000/- per month
b) Startup Agribusiness Incubation Programme (SABIP): A financial assistance program with
maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs will be granted to potential startups that have a minimum viable product
(MVP) based on innovative solutions/ processes / products/ services/ business models in agriculture
and allied sectors.
▪ Seed stage funding: Rs.25 lakh per start up as grant in aid.
26. START UP INDIA – Jan 16, 2016

❖ To promote entrepreneurial skills that will lead to job creation
❖ Startup India provides relaxation in certain rules and regulations for startup companies.

Stand Up India: (April, 2016): to support entrepreneurship and focus on potential entrepreneurs
among women, SC & ST communities.
27. AGRI-CLINIC AND AGRI-BUSINESS CENTRES: 2002
• Self-employment venture
• Two months Training provided by MANAGE through identified nodal training institutions.
• Launched by: Govt. of India
• ACABC run and Formulated by: MANAGE
• Funding by: NABARD
• Subsidy rate : 36% for general, 44% for SC, ST, Women and persons from North East
• Minimum number of members required: 05
• Maximum ceiling cost for Individual- 20 lakhs, for a group of five is One crore
• Toll free number- 1556 (Timing: 9AM to 5.30 PM)
• First ACABC established at- Vapi, Bulsar (Dist), Gujarat by Sunil Kumar
28. ***KISAN CALL CENTRES (KCC): Jan 21, 2004

• To provide information to farming community through toll free telephone number
• ** Toll free number: 1800 180 1551
• Timings: 06.00 AM to 10.00 PM.
• Operation : 3 levels: First Level- Agricultural Graduate
Second level- Subject Matter Specialist/Expert
Third level- The management group
29. MOVCDNER: Mission organic value chain development for North Eastern region- 2017
• For developing Model Organic Cluster Demonstration and Model Organic Farm under
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) scheme
30. SFAC: Small Farmer’s Agribusiness Consortium- 1994

• To link the small farmers to agricultural value chain, this includes investments, technology
and markets in association with private, corporate or cooperative sector.
31. DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTHI YOJANA -2015
• Rural power supply mission, providing 24X7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes in
rural India.
32. DIGITAL INDIA: July 1, 2015
• Aims to ensure that govt. services are available to citizens electronically and people get
latest information
33. MAKE IN INDIA: 2014
• To attract capital and technological investment in India

• The scheme focuses on job creation and skill enhancement in 25 sectors of the economy.
34. SKILL INDIA: March, 2015
• To create opportunities, space, scope for the development of the talents of the Indian
youth.
35. MUDRA Yojana: (Micro units Development and Refinancing Agency)- 2015, April
• For providing loans up to Rs.10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro
enterprises
36. **OPERATION GREEN- Feb, 2018. (To augment Food processing from TOP to TOTAL)
• To promote FPOs, Agrilogistics and processing in 22 Perishable Products of fruits
and vegetables
• Operation Green operating on the lines of Operation Flood
• To boost value addition and their exports in Tomato, Onion, Potatoes (TOPS) and
other perishable products.
• Funding: 500 cr
37.Green Revolution– Krishonnati Yojana- 2017-2020
▪ Total Funding: Rs. 33,269 crore.

Umbrella scheme comprises of 11 Schemes/Mission:
a. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)-2014

b. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) - 2007
c. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
d. Submission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) - 2010
e. Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)-2010
f. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)-2010
g. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plan Quarantine (SMPPQ)- 2010
h. Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC)- Dec, 2013
i. Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)- 01. 04. 2014
j. National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A)- 2014
38. National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) -2010

▪ NMAET otherwise called as Modified reforms of ATMA
39. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme- 1998-99
❖ First Kisan Credit Card Issued by- SBI

❖ Short term loan limit under KCC scheme is upto- Rs. 3 Lakhs

❖ Short term loan limit for New KCC holders is- Rs.2 Lakhs
❖ Short term loans provided to farmers @ interest rate of -7 per annum and 4%
interest per annum on Prompt repayment
❖ Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers now eligible for concessional short term loan
through KCC.
❖ Banks to issue KCC on completion of application form within- 14 days
❖ Govt. of India has set up a target to issue mow many number of Kisan Credit card
(KCC) under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan- 2.5 crore KCC
❖ Credit boost Provided to KCC scheme under Atma Nirbhar Bharat is- Rs. 2 lakh
crore
40. **Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM) - 2016 (Imp)
• Launched by converging National Rural & Urban Livelihood Mission replaced
Ajeevika
• Aim: Mobilizing rural women from poor families as SHGs/Village organizations for their
empowerment.
• Objective: To Train 0.5 million people in urban areas for providing skill training
To train 1 Million people in rural areas.
41. National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA)- 2014
Aim: to achieve rapid development in India through use of Information & Communication
Technology (ICT) for timely access to agriculture related information to the farmers.
Other Imp. Schemes:

➢ **CHAMAN- Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using Geo-
informatics – 2016
➢ **FASAL - Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro meteorological and Land
based observations (FASAL) – 2010
Aim: to collect Monsoon data through remote sensing, economic data and monitoring of crops
when growing.
➢ National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)- 2014
Sub components of NMSA:
▪ Rain fed Area Development (RAD)
▪ Soil Health Management (SHM)
▪ Sub Mission on Agro forestry (SMAF)
▪ Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture, Monitoring, Modeling

and Networking (CCSAMMN)

❖ National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI)- 2010
❖ Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI)- 2010
❖ Kisan Credit Card Scheme- 1998-99
❖ National Agricultural Insurance Scheme - 1999
❖ Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme - 1985
❖ **National Bamboo Mission restructured on 25 April, 2018
❖ Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price
(MSP) and development of value chain of MFP: 2011
▪ Launched by: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
▪ Nodal agency for the implementation of the scheme: TRIFED
▪ To market minor forest produce through provision of MSP and development of value chain
▪ On May 2021 ministry included 23 additional Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items and stipulation
of their Minimum Support Price (MSP)
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

❖ NREGA Act passed in Parliament on- Sep.2005
❖ NREGA Act is an Indian labor law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to
wok’.
❖ NREGA was launched on Feb 2006 in 200 districts of the country.
❖ Aim: To provide livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage
employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work.
❖ Funding: Central government bears 100% of the cost of unskilled labour, 75% of the cost of semi
skilled and skilled labour, 75% of the cost of materials and 6% of the administrative costs.
❖ NREGA covered the entire country by- 1April, 2008
❖ NREGA renamed as MGNREGA on- Oct 2009.
❖ Employment to be provided within- 5 Km of an applicant’s residence.
❖ Job card to be issued within- 14 days of applying for employment.
❖ MGRNEGA Implemented by- Gram Panchayats (are responsible for identification of projects)
❖ National Average wage in MNREGA scheme is- Rs.202 per person per day.
❖ Highest wage rate provided in- Kerala State (Rs.240 per person).
❖ Under MGNREGA if employment is provided beyond 5km of applicant’s residence than he is
entitled for- 10 per cent extra wage in case of employment provided beyond 5 km of radius.
❖ Promotion of horticulture activities under MGNREGA scheme through convergence mode
between Department of agriculture and Department of horticulture is implemented from- 5th
January, 2021.

Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs):
• Govt. of India launched how many number of FPOs for mobilization of small farmers is-10,000
• FPOs are formed on the Model: Sustainable business model and Augmented Income
• Most appropriate institutions to mobilize small and marginal farmers and build their capacity
to collectively leverage their production and marketing is- FPO
• Nodal Agency for growth and Promotion of FPOs is- Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation (DAC)
• Single window for providing technical and all round support to FPOs is - SFAC (Small
Farmers Agribusiness Consortium a society under DAC.
Important Days in Agriculture and Allied Sectors:
Important Days in Agriculture & Allied Sciences for JRF & SRF
2 February World Wet land day/ Ramser's day
**10 February World Pulses Day
13 February World Radio Day (for Social sciences)
19 February Soil Health Card Day
3 March World wild life day
**8 March International women’s day
11 March Water resource day
**15 March World consumer day
21 March World forest day
**22 March World Water day
23 March World Meteorological day
7 April World Health day
16 April Mushrooms Day
**22 April World Earth day
26 April World intellectual property day
Last Saturday of April World Veterinary day
2 May World tuna day
8 May National Agroforestry Day
11 May National Technology day
**20 May World Honey day
16 May World Agri-Tourism Day
21 May World Tea Day
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
31 May World Anti- Tobacco day
1 June World Milk day
7 June World Food safety Day

**5 June World Environment day
10 July National Fish Husbandry day
11 July World Population day
**16 July ICAR day
8 Sep World Literacy day
September (01st to 07th) National Nutrition week
16 Sep World Ozone day
*18 Sep World Bamboo Day
1 Oct World Habitat day/Vegetarian day
**1 Oct World Coffee Day
2 Oct National Women Literacy day
4 Oct World Animal Welfare day
11 Oct International day of Girl Child
13 Oct World Egg day/ UN International day for Natural
Disaster Reduction
**15 Oct Mahila Kisan Diwas (Women in Agriculture
day)/International Day of Rural Women
16 Oct World Food day
24 Oct UN day
16 Nov National Press day
21 Nov World Fisheries day
26 Nov National Milk day
**3 Dec National Agriculture Education day
(Babu Rajendra Prasad birthday)
**5 Dec World Soil day
10 Dec Human Right’s day
14 Dec National Energy conservation day
**23 Dec Farmers day (Kisan Diwas)
Ch.Charan Singh birthday Farmers awareness week (Dec 23-29)
Five Year Plans (Concept taken from Russia)
FYP Priority Area

**I FYP (1951-56) Famous called as “Harrod Domar” model, priority to
Harrod-Domar model agriculture and allied sectors
II FYP (1956-61) Famously called as Mahalanobis Model, Priority to
Mahalanobis Model Industry or manufacturing sector

**III FYP (1961-66) Agriculture registered Negative Growth rate, priority
to achieve Self sufficiency in food grain production and to stop
import of food grains from USA
IV FYP (1969-74) Growth and Justice
***V FYP (1974-79) Removal of poverty and self reliance
VI FYP (1980-85) Family planning
Rolling plan
VII FYP (1985-90) Food Production, Employment, Productivity
**VIII FYP (1992-97) Famously called as “Indicative planning”,
Indicative planning Employment Generation, Control of Population and
Economic reforms
IX FYP (1997-2002) Growth Rate of 7 percent
XFYP (2002-2007) Self employment and resources and development
XI FYP (2007-2012) Improvement of Health, Education and Sanitation.
XII FYP (2012-17) Faster, Sustainable & more inclusive growth".
International Agricultural Institutions:
CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Turrialbas, Cartago

Centre) Costa Rica
CIAT (International Center for Agricultural Research) Cali, Columbia
**CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) Mexico City, Mexico
CIP (International Potato Center) Lima, Peru
IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) Washington D.C.
United States
ICRAF (World Agro forestry Centre formerly International Center Nairobi, Kenya
for Agro Forestry
**ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) Nairobi, Kenya
IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) Ibadan, Nigeria
CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) Bogor Barat,
Indonesia
ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Patanchcheru,
Tropics). Hyderabad, India
IRRI – (International Rice Research Institute) Los Banos, Philippines
IWMI- (International Water management Institute) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Biodiversity International. Rome, Italy
CGIAR- (‘Consultative Group for International Agricultural Montpellier –France

Research)
ICARDA- (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Beirut, Syria
Areas)
WARDA- (West African Rice Development Association) Costa rica
ISNAR – (International Service for National Agricultural Research Netherlands, Hague
International Agronomical research Center Montpellier, France
World Fish Center Penang, Malaysia
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo, Srilanka
Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) Rome
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre (AVRDC) Taiwan
International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease- (ICFMD) Arugal, Odisha, India
Asia Pacific Association Of Agricultural Research Institute Thailand
(APAARI)
**International Horticulture Innovation And Training Center Jaipur, Rajasthan
World Meteorological Organization Geneva, Switzerland
IPGRI-International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Rome, Italy
International Rice Research Institute Manila, Philippines
International Agricultural Organizations:

1. CGIAR:
❖ Famously called as “Partnership of funders and international agricultural
research centers”
❖ Objectives: To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and
enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research,
partnership and leadership.
❖ Total number of CGIAR institutions- 15
❖ Funding: from various institutes and countries FAO, UNDP, Ford foundation, World
Bank, IFAD, Asian development bank, African development bank, OPEC.
2. Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) - Rome
▪ Parental organization: UN Social and economic council
▪ Funding: Multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, regional development banks and
international funds as well as FAO resources.
3. Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)
▪ Headquarters: Wallingford, United Kingdom
▪ Founded 1910
▪ Objective: Not-for-profit inter-governmental development and information Organization
focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the

creation, curation and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
(4) **The International Solar Alliance: 2015, Initiated by India.
▪ Members : 121 countries
▪ Head quarter: Gurugram
▪ Founded at: Paris, France
▪ Director General: Ajay Mathu
▪ Objective: a treaty based inter-governmental organization working to create a global market
system to tap the benefits of solar power and promote clean energy applications.
Other Organizations:
(a). BRICS- Brazil Russia India China South Africa (05)
❖ Term coined by Jim O Neill
❖ Founded in – 2009
❖ Headquarters of BRICS development bank- Shanghai
❖ BRICS headquarters- Shanghai
❖ 9th BRICS summit (recent) happened at- Xiamen, China

❖ Chairman of BRICS development bank: KV Kamath
(b). SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, 1985

❖ Headquarter: Kathmandu, Nepal
❖ Founder Members: 6
❖ Present Members: 8 (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,
Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
❖ 20th SAARC summit will be held in- Srilanka, 2018
❖ SAARC secretary general- Arjun Bahadur Thapa
❖ SAARC Agriculture Centre located at- Dhaka, Bangladesh
(C).Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC):
Headquarter: Vienna
Member countries: 14
➢ “India is a member country of: SAARC, G-20, G-77, WTO, IMF, World
bank & BRICS, BIMSTEC”.
➢ India is not a member country of ASEAN, G-7, OPEC.
(D). Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC)- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand & Myanmar

▪ Founded: 1997
▪ Headquarter: Dhaka, Bangladesh
▪ Member countries: 07
▪ Purpose: Platform for inter-regional cooperation between South and South East Asia.
▪ 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting chaired by- Srilanka (April 2021)
(E). G4 nations- Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan
▪ Founded: 2005
▪ Headquarters: United Nations
▪ Purpose: Support each other's bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
(F). World Trade Organization: (India is Founder Member country)
▪ Founded: 1Jan, 1995
▪ Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
▪ Member countries: 193
▪ Director General: Robert Azevedo
(G). Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN):
▪ Established in: 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand
▪ Member countries: 10 (Founders: Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand & Philippines)
▪ India is not a member country of ASEAN
▪ 36th ASEAN summit virtually chaired by- Vietnam
Organization Number of Member Year of Establishment

Countries
WTO 164 01.01.1995
UNO 193 24.10.1945
IMF 189 27.12.1945
SAARC 08 1985
BRICS 05 2009
Some Important Policies/Commissions on Agriculture

*NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY 2000
*National Commission on Farmers (NCF) 2004
(Chairman: MS Swaminathan)
**National Commission on Agriculture Initiated in 1970
(Chairman: MS Randhwa) Submitted its report: 1976
*National Agricultural Development 2007
Programme
*National Policy for Farmers 2007

Revolutions related to agriculture
Revolutions in Farming Associated Crop Associated

Person/Father
❖ Green Revolution Over all crop Production Norman Borlaug- World
MS Swaminathan- India
❖ White Revolution Milk Production Verghese Kurien
❖ Black Revolution Petroleum Production/crude oil Hiralal Chaudhary &
production Arun Krishnan
❖ Brown Revolution Leather/Cocoa Production __
/non conventional
❖ Golden Fibre Jute Production __
Revolution
❖ Golden Revolution Fruits/Overall Horticulture Dr.K.L.Chadda
development/Honey Production
❖ Grey Revolution Fertilizer --
❖ Brown Revolution Leather/Cocoa production --
❖ Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds Sam Pitroda
❖ Round Revolution Potato
❖ Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production Dr. Vishal Tewari
❖ Pink Revolution Onion, Prawn Dr. Durgesh Patel
❖ Protein Revolution Agriculture Higher production Sri. Narendra Modi
Technology driven Green Revolution
❖ Silver Fiber Cotton --
Revolution
❖ Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Smt. Indira Gandhi
❖ Evergreen/Rainbow Overall development of Agriculture MS Swaminathan
revolution
❖ Sweet Revolution Honey Production Sri. Narendra Modi
❖ Green Gold Promotion & Trade of Bamboo Sri.Narendra Modi
Revolution
Some Important National Institutes: (Imp)

INSTITUTE Location
National Research Centre on Integrated Motihar, Bihar
Farming System (ICAR-NRCIF)
IRRI South Asia Regional Centre Varanasi, U.P.
*Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research Meerut, UP
(IIFSR)
**IIRS – Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

**CIRCOT – Central Institute for Research on Mumbai, Maharashtra
Cotton Technology,
CIRG – Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Farah, Uttar
Pradesh
*Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology Ranchi, Jharkhand
(IIAB)
*National Institute of Biotic Stresses Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Management (NIBSM)-
*National Institute of Abiotic Stress Malegaon, Maharastra
Management (NIASM) -
CISTH – Central Institute of Sub-Tropical Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Horticulture
CITH – Central Institute of Temperate Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Horticulture
Central Institute for Agricultural Engineering Bhopal
central Institute of Arid Horticulture Bikaner, rajasthan
Central Seed Testing Referral Laboratory Varanasi
**CIWA - Central Institute for Women in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Agriculture
CMFRI – Central Marine Fisheries Research Cochin, Kerala

Institute
CPCRI – Central Plantation Crops Research Kasargod, Kerala
Institute
CPPTI – Central Plant Protection Training Hyderabad
Institute
CPRI – Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
CRIDA – Central Research Institute for Hyderabad, Telangana
Dryland Agriculture
CRIJAF – Central Research Institute for Jute Barrackpore, West Bengal
and Allied Fibres
Directorate of Knowledge Management in New Delhi
Agriculture
CSSRI – Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Karnal, Haryana
CIFA – Central Institute of Freshwater Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Aquaculture
CIFRI – Central Inland Fisheries Research Barrackpore, West Bengal
Institute
CIFT – Central Institute of Fisheries Technology Cochin, Kerala
IGFRI – Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Jhansi, UP
Institute
CIMAP – Central Institute of Medicinal and Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Aromatic Plants
CIPHET – Central Institute of Post-harvest Ludhiana, Punjab
Engineering and Technology,
IIAB – Indian Institute of Agricultural Ranchi, Jharkhand
Biotechnology
IIFSR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Modipuram, UP
Research
IIHR – Indian Institute of Horticultural Bangalore, Karnataka
Research,
**IIMR - Indian Institute of Maize Research, Ludhiana, Punjab
IIMR - Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana
IINRG – Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Ranchi, Jharkhand
Gums
IIWBR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Karnal, Haryana
Research
IIOR - Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research Hyderabad, Telangana
IIPR – Indian Institute of Pulses Research Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
**IIRR - Indian Institute of Rice Research Hyderabad, Telangana
IISR – Indian Institute of Spices Research, , Calicut, Kerala
**IISR - Indian Institute of Seed Research, Mau, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Vegetable Research institute Varanasi, UP
National Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC) Nagpur, MH
**National Remote Sensing Centre- Hyderabad, Telangana

**Borlaug Institute for Asia - Ludhiana, Punjab
**National Multi Commodity Exchange- Ahmadabad, Gujarat
International Agriculture Scenario
❖ *United Nations First ever UN Food Systems Summit 2021to be held in- September 2021 in
New York, USA
Objective: To strategize actions for positive change in Agri-Food systems
❖ First country to approve GM Wheat crop (variety HB4) tolerant to drought and ammonium
glufosinate herbicide is- Argentina
❖ GM Corn variety developed by China to fight against invasive Fall Army Worm is- 007
❖ First pilot plant for indigenous forest biomass extraction set up in- Switzerland
❖ European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently banned a food additive due to its
genotoxicity concerns is- Titanium Oxide (E 171)
❖ Which country introduced climate change law for financial firms for the first time in the
world- New Zealand

❖ The first country to formulate a basic hydrogen strategy- Japan
❖ The country that scores first in Environment Performance Index (EPI) is- Denmark
❖ Italy launched First ever mega food park processing in India named as ‘The Mega Food
Park’ at- Fanidhar in the Mehsana district of Gujarat.
`````All the best`````
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AGRICULTURE PROFILE OF INDIA

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❖ *Total number of KVKs at present is- 722 (as of June, 2020)

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❖ Sub-Sectoral contribution in total GVA of Agriculture & Allied Sector-2019-20

❖ *Total Pulse production for the year 2019-20 is- 23.03 MT

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❖ Chairman of 15th Finance Commission (2017-2022) was- NK Singh

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Policy/Act Year of Purpose

Amendment to Essential 17 Sep ▪ Deregulation of cereals, edible oils,

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*Agriculture Census: 2015

Indian Food Processing Sector at a glance:

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❖ Chairman of the Committee on Doubling of Farmer Income (DFI)- Ashok Dalwai

❖ Nodal Agency to coordinate the efforts on the Agri-export zones- APEDA

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Food grain production includes Cereals and Pulses only

Cereals Production (Million Tonnes)

❖ Nutri cereals + Small Millets + Maize + Barley = Coarse Cereals

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➢ Other Commercial Crops

• Bt cotton is the only GM/Transgenic crop cultivated in India since 2002.

Area and Yield of Major Food crops 2019-20:

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Commercial Crops: 2020 -21

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Horticultural Crops Statistics

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Horticulture 2019-20 2020-21 (First

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Crop Leading State

India’s Position in the World in Agriculture

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20th Livestock Census Highlights:

Livestock Headcount (in million)

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❖ Total Bovine Population- 302.79 Million

Livestock Highest Population

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Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 2021-22 Season

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