Page-3 of GS-III: Issues Related to Direct and Indirect Farm Subsidies and Minimum Support Prices

"Although Fertilizer industry has made rapid progress; India's indigenous Fertilizer production is still not able to keep pace with the growth in consumption."Discuss

January 15, 2023

There are several reasons for this. Firstly, setting up a fertilizer plant in India is a long process which generally takes five to eight years from time of issue of letter of intent to start of production. There was an ..

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Rather than import parity price (IMPP); the Gas Price Pooling Policy seems to be a better deal for Urea Manufacturers. Do you agree with this view? Discuss.

January 15, 2023

Hint: Yes. I agree with this view. The Gas Price Pooling seeks to change the industry dynamics in Urea sector by leveling gas costs for all players.  Earlier, the situation was that every plant needed make its own arrangement / ..

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To what extent New Urea Policy 2015 is able to address the skewed use of fertilizers in the country. Discuss citing key features of this policy.

January 15, 2023

Hint: The new Urea Policy is mostly about making energy efficiency norms tighter for fertilizer units. What the government has done is to link their incentives with the annual energy consumption and prompted them go for most energy-efficient technologies to ..

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What do you understand by seed Replacement Rate? Despite of a plethora of Government and Private Agencies developing certified seeds in the country, why India suffers from dismal Seed Replacement Ratio? Examine.

January 14, 2023

Hint: Seed Replacement Ratio denotes how much of the total cropped area was sown with certified seeds in comparison to farm saved seeds. It also denotes actual quality seed distributed to farmers vis-a-vis actual seed required for cultivation of crops. ..

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What is Plant variety Protection? Examine the role of Pressure Groups and NGOs in ensuring the Farmer's Rights in the legislation of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Act 2001.

January 14, 2023

The breeding activities and exploitation of new varieties are the decisive factors for improving rural income and their overall economic development. Since the process of plant breeding is long and expensive, it is important to provide an effective system of ..

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What are Foundation Seeds, Breeders Seeds and Certified Seeds? Examine the importance of Breeder's seeds in seed development and multiplication.

January 13, 2023

Hint: Breeder seed is produced in isolation from nucleus seed by a certified breeder. Foundation seed is the offspring of the Breeder seed which can be clearly traced to Breeder seed. The offspring of foundation seed , further certified is ..

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