GS3Technology, economic development, biodiversity, environment, security and disaster management
Farm subsidies, MSP, PDS, food security
Syllabus: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System: objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
Current affairs on this topic 2
- Why the Centre cut import duty on crude edible oils ahead of the festival season 30 September 2026
Cheaper cooking oil for the festivals, or a setback for India's oilseed farmers and its self-reliance mission?
- First Badri calf born through OPU-IVF, a boost for Uttarakhand's hill cattle 13 September 2026
A Badri embryo, a Sahiwal mother: can lab reproduction save a small Himalayan cattle breed faster than nature?
Background from the reference shelf
Previous-year questions 6
- 2026 · GS3 · 15 marks Discuss the different types of subsidies and supports provided by the Government of India to agricultural sector. Examine the related issues pertaining to Agreement on Agriculture of World Trade…
- 2025 · GS3 · 10 marks How can India achieve energy independence through clean technology by 2047? How can biotechnology play a crucial role in this endeavour?
- 2024 · GS3 · 10 marks What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India? Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation.
- 2023 · GS3 · 15 marks What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in relation to agricultural subsidies.
- 2015 · GS3 · 12.5 marks Livestock rearing has a big potential for providing non-farm employment and income in rural areas. Discuss suggesting suitable measures to promote this sector in India.
- 2015 · GS3 · 12.5 marks In what way could the replacement of price subsidy with direct benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss.