Agriculture in Budget 2024-25 With Best MCQs

Agriculture in Budget

Agriculture in Budget 2024-25 With Best MCQs

Welfare of Farmers-Annadata

• Direct financial assistance to 11.8 crore farmers under PM-KISAN
• Crop Insurance to 4 crore farmers under PM Fasal Bima Yojana
• Integration 1,361 mandis under eNAM, supporting trading volume of ₹ 3 lakh crore

 Agriculture and Food Processing 

• Government will promote private and public investment in post-harvest activities
• Application of Nano-DAP to be expanded in all agro-climatic zones
• Atmanirbhar Oilseeds Abhiyaan-Strategy to be formulated to achieve atmanirbharta for oilseeds
• Comprehensive programme for dairy development to be formulated
• Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matsaya Sampada Yojana to be stepped up to enhance aquaculture productivity, double exports and generate more employment opportunities
• 5 Integrated Aquaparks to be set up

किसान हमारे अन्नदाता हैं, 11.8 करोड़ किसानों को पीएम किसान सम्मान निधि योजना का लाभ मिला है।

4 करोड़ से अधिक किसानों को फसल बीमा योजना का फायदा मिला है।

-वित्त मंत्री @nsitharaman #Budget2024 #ViksitBharatBudget pic.twitter.com/7CFh8CNz9a

— पीआईबी हिंदी (@PIBHindi) February 1, 2024

 Agriculture Important Point in Budget  

1. Farmers are our ‘Annadata’. Every year, under PM-KISAN SAMMAN Yojana, direct financial assistance is provided to 11.8 crore farmers, including marginal and small farmers. Crop insurance is given to 4 crore farmers under PM Fasal Bima Yojana. These, besides several other programmes, are assisting ‘Annadata’ in producing food for the country and the world.
2. Electronic National Agriculture Market has integrated 1361 mandis, and is providing services to 1.8 crore farmers with trading volume of ` 3 lakh crore.
3. The sector is poised for inclusive, balanced, higher growth and productivity. These are facilitated from farmer-centric policies, income support, coverage of risks through price and insurance support, promotion of technologies and innovations through start-ups. Agriculture and food processing
4. The efforts for value addition in agricultural sector and boosting farmers’ income will be stepped up. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana has benefitted 38 lakh farmers and generated 10 lakh employment. Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Yojana has assisted 2.4 lakh SHGs and sixty thousand individuals with credit linkages. Other schemes are complementing the efforts for reducing postharvest losses, and improving productivity and incomes.
5. For ensuring faster growth of the sector, our Government will further promote private and public investment in post-harvest activities including aggregation, modern storage, efficient supply chains, primary and secondary processing and marketing and branding.

 Atmanirbhar Oil Seeds Abhiyan 

The interim budget 2024-25 presented by  Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has said a strategy will be formulated to achieve ‘atmanirbharta’ for oil seeds such as mustard, groundnut, sesame, soybean, and sunflower. The Finance Minister mentioned in her speech that this will cover research for high-yielding varieties, widespread adoption of modern farming techniques, market linkages, procurement, value addition, and crop insurance.    

 NANO DAP 

“After the successful adoption of Nano Urea, application of Nano DAP on various crops will be expanded in all agro-climatic zones.” Union Finance Minister mentioned in her speech.

 Dairy Development 

India is the largest milk producer in the world but there is low productivity.  “India’s milk production rose 4 per cent to 230.58 million tonnes in 2022-23.

A comprehensive programme for supporting dairy farmers will be formulated. Efforts are already on to control foot and mouth disease. India is the world’s largest milk producer but with low productivity of milch-animals. The programme will be built on the success of existing schemes such Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Livestock Mission, and Infrastructure Development Funds for dairy processing and animal husbandry.

 Matsya Sampada 

It was our Government which set up a separate Department for Fisheries realizing the importance of assisting fishermen. This has resulted in doubling of both inland and aquaculture production. Seafood export since 2013-14 has also doubled. Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada

Yojana (PMMSY) will be stepped up to:

• (1) enhance aquaculture productivity from existing 3 to 5 tons per hectare,
• (2) double exports to ` 1 lakh crore and
• (3) generate 55 lakh employment opportunities in near future.

Prime Minister Shastri gave the slogan of “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”. Prime Minister Vajpayee made that “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan”. Prime Minister Modi has furthered that to “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan and Jai Anusandhan”, as innovation is the foundation of development.

Agriculture in Budget MCQs:-

Q. Every year, under PM-KISAN SAMMAN Yojana, direct financial assistance is provided to how Many farmers,?

• 11.8 crore
• 10.6 crore
• 14.2 crore
• 5.3 crore

Q. Crop insurance is given to How Many farmers under PM Fasal Bima Yojana?

• 2 crore
• 4 crore
• 6 crore
• 8 crore

Q. eNAM is providing services to 1.8 crore farmers with trading volume of ` 3 lakh crore Till Date how many mandis integrated  with eNAM?

• 1061 mandis
• 1260 mandis
• 1361 mandis
• 1470 mandis

Q. How many integrated aqua parks will be set up for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)?

• 2
• 5
• 8
• 10

Q. As per FAO recent database, which country ranked first in milk production across the world?

• China
• USA
• India
• Bangladesh

Q. What is the New Scheme that focuses on the fishermen and fish vendors? 

• Green Growth
• PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana
• New sub-scheme of PM Matsya Sampada Yojana
• Mahila Samman Bachat Patra

Agriculture in Budget