Mains GS III Topic: Transport and Marketing of Agricultural Produce Overview: The topic in syllabus pertains to movement of produce from farm to fork. In this unit, we will discuss about – What agriculture marketing is? Transforming agriculture marketing – From “Selling to Marketing” Agriculture Logistics, Supply chains and Value chains Recent developments […]
What is Money Laundering? Money laundering is the process of making the proceeds of criminal activity appear to have been legally obtained. According to the IMF and World Bank, criminals launder an estimated two to nearly four trillion dollars each year. Money laundering is the illegal process of making large amounts of money […]
GS3- Internal Security Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism: Naxalism / Left Wing Extremism Left wing Extremism (LWE) Definition: Left Wing Extremism or Naxalism (as it called in India, because of its origin from a village called Naxalbari in West Bengal) is an ideology based on far left radical thoughts. It drives […]
1. CROPPING PATTERN Definition: Cropping pattern refers to Proportion of area under different crops at a point of time, Changes in distribution overtime and Factors determining these changes Decoding the definition technically 1.1 Types Example 1.2 How cropping pattern is different from Cropping & farming system Cropping System is a broader term comprising […]
Economics of animal rearing INTRODUCTION The objective of animal rearing is to make the livestock useful for human beings for a variety of purposes, many of which have an economic value and is contributing to the economy of India. Therefore, Economics of Animal rearing is all about Improvement in Livelihood of Individual Upliftment […]
FOOD PROCESSING IN INDIA Do You Know? “Had Our Processing System been robust, this photograph would not have been clicked” CONTENTS Basics of Food Processing Food processing and related industries in India Scope and significance Bottlenecks Strategy and Policy Recent Government Schemes Location Upstream and downstream requirements Supply chain management […]
Minimum Support Price “What I want and what I get” Why Farmers are still unhappy with hiked MSP? Is MSP Panacea for all farm sector Ills? Why MSP is sometimes referred as Inadequate, inefficient and ineffective? Is MSP in its present Avatar Outliving utility? Many such bubbling questions will become clear with this […]