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UPSC CSE Mains 2023 · GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

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.

Theme

T141 Farm subsidies, MSP & crop insurance (incl. WTO Agreement on Agriculture)

What UPSC asks in this theme

Questions repeat on direct and indirect farm subsidies and WTO's Agreement on Agriculture, distortions, subsidies' effect on cropping, MSP and the low-income trap, and crop insurance (PMFBY).

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Writing the answer

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Map module 6: Resources & agriculture

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS3202615 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 Organisation (WTO).

  2. GS32018

    What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low income trap?

  3. GS32017

    How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for small and marginal farmers?

  4. GS32016

    Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

  5. GS32013

    What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and at state levels? Critically analyse the agricultural subsidy regime with reference to the distortions created by it.

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