ARD June 2021

AGRICULTURE
CURRENT AFFAIRS
AGRICULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS
1st to 30th June
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AGRICULTURE NEWS .......................................................................................... 5 -24
1. Cabinet approves nutrient based subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic & potassic (P&K) fertilizers
2. India registered excellent growth in agriculture exports during 2020-21
3. India exports 11, 49,341 mt of marine products during 2020-21
4. Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for marketing season 2021-22
5. Roadmap for Self Sufficiency in Pulses and Oilseeds
6. Indian frozen boneless Buffalo meat: APEDA
7. LIDAR survey of forest areas in 10 states for water and fodder augmentation
8. Southwest monsoon
9. HIGHLIGHTS OF KURUKSHETRA (June 2021)
9.1 Drivers of Inclusive Rural Growth
9.2 Government initiative to double farmers income
9.3 Industries and Enterprises – Wheels of Rural Growth
9.4 Women, Youth and Rural Transformation
9.5 Expanding Economic Activities
10. HIGHLIGHTS OF YOJNA (June 2021)
10.1 Smart Agriculture
10.2 MIS module for strengthening domestic Agarbatti industry
11. FASSAI and blending of mustard oil
12. Fortified Rice Bran Oil
13. Beed model of crop insurance
14. National Agriculture Geo Hub
15. Green Gold Collection
16. World’s costliest mango (Miyazaki)
17. India expands its cereals exports footprints through shipping rice, wheat and other cereals to
newer destinations
18. Wheat procured with all time high MSP value of Rs 81,196 Crore during current RMS 2021-22.
19. Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21
20. Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 & Rabi Marketing Season 2021 and
summer season 2021
21. Center reduces the duty on Crude Palm Oil (CPO) by 5%
22. Central and State Governments coordinate actions to contain the prices of pulses
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UPDATION OF SCHEME ...................................................................................... 25-28
1. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended till Deepawali
2. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
3. Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization Scheme
4. Agriculture and Processed Food Export Promotion Scheme
5. Biotech-KISAN Programme
6. Expansion of Van Dhan yojana to Dadar and Nagar Haveli and daman and Diu
7. Expansion of Van Dhan yojana to Ladakh
8. Sankalp Se Siddhi’ – Mission Van Dhan
9. Kisan rail
10. Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME)
11. PM Kisan Tractor Yojana
12. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
NABARD IN NEWS .................................................................................................... 29
1. NABARD sanctions Rs 254 crore for drinking water projects in Odisha
2. Jal Jeevan Mission to Benefit 797 Villages in Mandya
DAYS/EVENTS/PROGRAMMES .......................................................................... 30-32

1. India-Australia cooperation and collaboration in the field of Agriculture
2. The 42nd Session of The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Conference
3. World Milk Day
4. UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought
5. International Fruit Day
6. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Agriculture technology/Innovation .................................................................... 33-35

1. Patent for instant soup mix made from spent hen meat
2. Climate-resilient special trait crop varieties to nation
3. Agri Stack (A collection of technology-based interventions in agriculture)
4. ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research Releases 4 New Varieties of Rice
IMPORTANT NEWS .............................................................................................. 36-41

1. Three Centers of Excellence established in Karnataka under Indo-Israel Agriculture project
2. India and Fiji sign MoU for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors
3. P-MART tech for hygienic meat production
4. Nano Urea dispatch to Karnataka
5. World’s First Genetically Modified Rubber Planted in Guwahati
6. Mega quintal capacity Seed Processing plant at J & K
7. Best Mega Food Park at Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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8. Integration of e Gopala App with UMANG platform
9. Announcement of Gopal Ratna Awards
10. Digital India Corporation & Indian Council of Agricultural Research signs MoU to provide
‘Demand Based Tele Agriculture Advisories’ to farmers
11. Cabinet approves merger of Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC) with
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)
12. Jalgaon Banana
13. Jardalu mangoes
14. World’s First Sustainable Vegan Silk
15. NASA to Grow Cotton on International Space Station
16. India to become Aatmanirbhar in Phosphatic Fertilizers
17. Burmese grapes ‘Leteku’ to Dubai
18. Exotic dragon fruit or Kamalam from Maharashtra exported to Dubai
19. Sixteen varieties of mangoes including three GI certified varieties exported to Bahrain from
West Bengal & Bihar
20. 24 MT of groundnuts exported to Nepal from West Bengal
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AGRICULTURE NEWS
1. Cabinet approves nutrient based subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic

& potassic (P&K) fertilizers
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for fixation of Nutrient Based Subsidy Rates for
P&K Fertilizers for the year 2021-22.
• Gol has increased the subsidy rates under NBS Scheme as a special package for farmers in such
a way that MRP of DAP (including other P&K fertilizers) can be kept at the last year's level till the
present Kharif season.
• This has been done as one-time measure as COVID -19 package to reduce the hardships of
farmers.
• As international prices may come down in few months, Gol may review the situation.
• The estimated additional subsidy burden for such an arrangement will be around Rs 14,775 crore.
2. India registered excellent growth in agriculture exports during 2020-

21
Export
Remaining stagnant for the past three years (USD 38.43 billion in 2017-18, USD 38.74 billion in 2018-
19 and USD 35.16 billion 2019-20), the export of agriculture and allied products (including marine and
plantation products) during 2020-21 jumped to USD 41.25 billion, indicating an increase of 17.34% the
increase is 22.62% with exports during 2020-21 amounting to Rs. 3.05 lakh crore.
Imports
India’s agricultural and allied imports during 2019-20 were USD 20.64 billion and the corresponding
figures for 2020-21 are USD 20.67 billion.
Despite COVID-19, balance of trade in agriculture has improved by 42.16% from USD 14.51
billion to USD 20.58 billion.
Aagriculture products (excluding marine and plantation products)

The growth is 28.36% with exports of USD 29.81 billion in 2020-21 as compared to USD 23.23 billion
in 2019-20.
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Export of cereals
➢ Non-basmati rice growing by 136.04% to USD 4794.54 million.
➢ Wheat by 774.17% to USD 549.16 million.
➢ Cereals (Millets, Maize and other coarse gains) by 238.28% to USD 694.14 million.
Other agricultural products:

Which registered significant increase in exports, as compared to 2019-20, were
➢ Oil meals (USD 1575.34 million -growth of 90.28%).
➢ Sugar (USD 2789.97 million - growth 41.88%).
➢ Raw cotton (USD 1897.20 million - growth 79.43%).
➢ Fresh vegetables (USD 721.47 million - growth 10.71%).
➢ Vegetable oils (USD 602.77 million- growth 254.39%)
Largest markets for India’s agriculture products

USA,
China
Bangladesh
UAE,
Vietnam,
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Nepal
Iran
Malaysia
Highest growth being recorded for Indonesia (102.42%), Bangladesh (95.93%) and Nepal
(50.49%).
Export of spices
During 2020-21, export of
➢ Pepper increased by 28.72% to USD 1269.38 million;
➢ Cinnamon by 64.47% to USD 11.25 million;
➢ Nutmeg, mace and cardamom by 132.03% (USD 189.34 million vs USD 81.60 million).
➢ Ginger, saffron, turmeric, thyme, bay leaves etc. by 35.44% to USD 570.63 million.
Export of spices touched highest ever level of around USD 4 billion during 2020-21.
The organic exports: During 2020-21 were USD1040 million as against USD 689 million in 2019-20,
registering a growth of 50.94%.
Export from the Clusters

Export of fresh vegetables and mangoes from Varanasi and black Rice from Chandauli has taken place
for the first time
Measures taken during COVID-19 pandemic

• APEDA, MPEDA and the commodity boards provided blanket extension of validity of various
recognitions/ accreditations viz, packhouse recognition, peanut units registration, registration -cum-
membership certificates, integrated meat plant recognition, registration of plants for export of rice to
China and USA, certifications and accreditations under the National Programme for Organic
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Production etc. to ensure uninterrupted exports. Arrangements were also made for online
issuance of various certificates required for exports.
• A 24*7 emergency response cell was created in APEDA/ Commodity Boards to help exporters
in addressing their issues related to movement of consignments/trucks/labor, issuance of
certificates, lab testing reports, sample collection etc.
• Virtual inspections were introduced for new pack house applicants. The validity of existing pack
houses was extended, without inspections, based on the past performance.
• The Export Inspection Council and Export Inspection Agencies have ensured the services
offered to the exporters like- issuance of certificate for export, health certificates and certificate of
origin, are delivered in timely and smooth manner.
• Virtual trade fairs (VTF): As international trade fairs are not being organized APEDA has
developed, in-house, a platform for organizing virtual trade fairs (VTF) to establish contact between
Indian exporters and importers. Two VTFs – ‘India Rice and Agro Commodity Show’ and India
Fruits, Vegetables & Floriculture Show have already been organized. APEDA would be
organizing following VTFs also during 2021-22: Indian Processed Food Show; Indian Meat and
Poultry Show; Indian Organic Products Show.
• Regional/ Extension/ Project offices: APEDA opened following Regional/ Extension/ Project
offices during 2020-21: Chennai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, kochi, J&K, Extension Office in Bhopal,
and Project Office in Varanasi.
• Extension of operation green schemes: It has been extended to most of the horticultural crops
due to COVID-19.
• The accreditation of Certification Bodies: during lock down: It is being ensured that all the
accredited Certification Bodies under the National Programme for Organic Production are
operational through electronic mode. The accreditation of Certification Bodies has been extended
by 3 months, enabling them to access and operate the online traceability system and issue
certificates.
3. India exports 11, 49,341 mt of marine products during 2020-21

INDIA register a contraction of 10.88 per cent as compared to a year earlier
Country exported 11, 49,341 MT of marine products worth Rs 43,717.26 crore (US$ 5.96 billion) during
FY 2020-21, registering a contraction of 10.88 per cent as compared to a year an exported 12,89,651
MT of seafood worth Rs 46,662.85 crore (US$ 6.68 billion). USA, China and the European Union were
the leading importers
Shrimp retained its position as the major export item, followed by frozen fish.
Frozen Shrimp (Largest export)

• Frozen shrimp contributed 51.36 per cent in quantity and 74.31 per cent of the total dollar
earnings.
• Importer: - USA >China >EU >Japan >South East Asia > the Middle East.
• Shrimp exports declined by 9.47 per cent in dollar value and 9.50 per cent in quantity.
Black Tiger (Penaeus monodon) shrimp

Major Importer: Japan>USA> south East Asia > EU > Middle East> China
Frozen fish (Second largest export)

Frozen fish, with a share of 16.37 per cent in quantity and 6.75 per cent in dollar earnings, retained the
second position in exports basket.
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Surimi (fish paste) and Surimi analogue (imitation) products
It showed a marginal growth of 0.12 per cent and 0.26 per cent by quantity and rupee value,
respectively, but declined in dollar terms by 5.02 per cent.
Captured fish
• Capture fisheries contribution reduced from 56.03 per cent to 53.55 per cent in quantity and from
36.42 per cent to 32.01 per cent in dollar value.
• Tilapia and ornamental fish performed well with 55.83 per cent and 66.55 per cent increase in
quantity and an uptick of 38.07 per cent and 14.63 per cent in dollar earnings, respectively.
• Tuna showed 14.6 per cent increase in quantity, but its dollar earnings downed by 7.39 per cent.
• Crab and scampi exports reduced both in quantity and value.
Major Importer of sea food from India

USA,
China
EU
UAE,
South east Asia
Japan
Middle east
4. Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for marketing season
2021-22
The increase in MSP for Kharif Crops for

marketing season 2021-22 is in line with the The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has
Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices
the MSPs at a level of at least 1.5 times of the (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing
All-India weighted average Cost of Production season 2021-22.
(CoP).
• The highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year has been recommended for
sesamum (Rs. 452 per quintal) followed by tur and urad (Rs. 300 per quintal each).
• In case of groundnut and nigerseed, there has been an increase of Rs 275 per quintal and Rs
235 per quintal respectively in comparison to last year.
• The expected returns to farmers over their cost of production are estimated to be highest in case
of Bajra (85%) followed by urad (65%) and tur (62%). For rest of the crops, return to farmers
over their cost of production is estimated to be at least 50%.
5. Roadmap for Self Sufficiency in Pulses and Oilseeds

The Government’s priority is on increasing production of pulses and oilseeds. The formulated strategies
are to increase production through area expansion, productivity through HYVs, MSP support and
procurement.
• Agriculture Minister interacts virtually with Farmers who have received seeds mini-kits.
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• From the year 2014-15, there has been a renewed focus on increasing the production of pulses
and oilseeds.
• Oilseeds production has increased from 27.51 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 36.57 million tonnes
in 2020-21 ( 3rd advance estimates)
• Pulses production has increased from 17.15 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 25.56 million tonnes in
2020-21 (3rd advance estimates).
SEED MINIKITS are provided to augment the

The mini kits are being provided by the Central Agencies National Seeds Corporation (NCS), NAFED
and Gujarat State Seeds Corporation and wholly funded by the Government of India through the
National Food Security Mission.
6. Indian frozen boneless Buffalo meat: APEDA

• Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry verified that all importing countries can safely procure Indian origin
frozen boneless buffalo meat.
• India is one of the world’s leading exporters of buffalo meat.
• Its exports valued at $3.17 billion in the year 2020-21 which is at the previous year’s level of
exports (2019-20).
Top Indian buffalo meat importing countries: Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and the UAE.
7. LIDAR survey of forest areas in 10 states for water and fodder

augmentation
MOEFCC released the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of LiDAR based survey of forest areas in ten
states namely Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Nagaland, and Tripura.
WAPCOS, a PSU under the aegis of Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India is a first of its kind and
a unique experiment using LiDAR technology which will help augment water and fodder in jungles
areas.
Benefits
• It will thereby be reducing human-animal conflict
• help in groundwater recharge
• help local communities
• It also asked state forest departments to use CAMPA funds towards implementation of these
projects in right earnest and in accordance with the ‘Ridge to Valley’ approach of watershed
management.
8. Southwest monsoon
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD)
• Southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole is most
likely to be normal (96 to 104 % of Long Period Average (LPA)).
• Quantitatively, the monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole
is likely to be 101% of the Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of ± 4%. The LPA of
the season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1961-2010 is 88 cm.
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• The southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the monsoon core zone,
which consists of most of the rainfed agriculture regions in the country is most likely to
be Above Normal (>106% of LPA).
• Most parts of the country is expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall during the
season.
9. HIGHLIGHTS OF KURUKSHETRA (June 2021)

9.1 Drivers of Inclusive Rural Growth
The fifth largest economy of the world having net worth of 2.94 trillion dollar, but the Government has
set a goal to become a five trillion-dollar economy by 2025.
To achieve this, India has set a target of

• one trillion dollars from agriculture,
• three trillion dollars from services
• one trillion dollars from manufacturing sector.
• The rural economy of India generates about half of the national income and more than two- third
of the employment is generated in the rural areas.
• It is anticipated that the sector will grow to Rs. 88.2 lakh crore by 2023 at a CAGR of 12.2
percent.
• Expected growth in agriculture sector shall stimulate demand for processing services,
packaging, transportation and for finance, retail and other services.
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9.2 Government initiative to double farmers income
E NAM It has removed barriers of licensing, movement and storage

by providing online trading facilities to farmers for a great
number of farm commodities
Government has further announced to integrate 1,000 more mandis in

the current Union Budget (2021-22).
Progress Over 1000 major whole sale agriculture markets (APMCs) across 18 States and
three UTs have been integrated on
e-NAM to develop the concept of ‘one nation, one market’ for

agriculture produce.
1.69 crore farmers and 1.55 lakh traders are trading on the platform as
registered users. Total trade volume of 4.13 crore MT of bulk commodities and
3.68 crore numbers of coconut and bamboo worth approximately Rs. 1.22 lakh
crore has been recorded on eNAM platform.
Farmer Producer Formation and promotion of 10,000 new FPOs has been announced with a
Organisations budgetary provision of Rs. 6865 crore.
(FPOs)
FPOs will be provided financial assistance up to Rs. 18.00 lakh per FPO for a
To enhance period of three years .
economic strength
and market eNAM has introduced a warehouse based trading module that allows trading
linkages. based on electronic-Negotiable Warehouse Receipts.
Agri-market A corpus of Rs. 2,000 crore for development and upgradation of marketing
Infrastructure infrastructure at 10,000 Gramin Agricultural Markets and 585 APMCs (2018-19).
Fund
9.3 Industries and Enterprises – Wheels of Rural Growth

Currently, food processing industry engages around 1.93 million people in nearly 40,000 registered
units with a fixed capital of 32.75 billion US dollar and aggregate output of around 160 billion US dollar .
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The scheme is supporting
creation of mega food parts
and agro processing
PM Kisan SAMPADA clusters, by providing plug
and play facilities.
(Scheme for Agro-
Marine Processing and
Development of Agro- Postharvest losses of
horticulture and non-
Processing Clusters) horticulture produce at farm-
Yojana’ (2017) Initial gate locations.
corpus of 6000 crore

financial assistance to
setting up integrated cold
chain from the farm gate to
the consumer.
Government has sanctioned

• 37 food parks across the country for funding, of which 21 are operational and 16 are under
implementation.
• 134 food processing projects during 2020 across different states. Out of which, there are 21 agro
processing units supported by backward and forward linkages and food testing laboratories.
• Newly sanctioned projects are expected to leverage private investment of Rs. 2026.32 crore and
are likely to generate direct and indirect employment for over 77,000 persons with major share in
rural areas.
‘One District One Product’

Scheme is designed to
135 district-specific
promote value chain and
unique products for 728 efforts to reduce
infrastructure
districts have been wastage, proper
development for the
identified across the assaying, and storage
specialized indigenous
country for support and and marketing
product (food or
promotion.
otherwise) of a district
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‘Udyam’ In case of micro and small enterprises, the payment for invoices is assured
registration, within 45 days, otherwise buyer is liable to pay compound interest;
Government departments and public sector companies are mandated to

procure 25 percent of their requirement from registered MSMEs.
Registered MSMEs get benefits of schemes related to collateral/guarantee

free loans, interest subvention scheme and schemes for market support and
export promotion; and Concession in electricity bills is provided to registered
MSMEs.
• To increase credit flow, an emergency credit line is introduced wherein special loans are sanctioned
to MSMEs by banks/financial institutions without additional guarantees.
• In order to assist promoters during ongoing pandemic, a subordinate debt scheme is launched that
provides a debt facility of up to 15 percent of the promoter contribution or Rs. 75 lakh, whichever is
lower.
Funds of Fund scheme is launched with a corpus of Rs. 10,000 crores for providing financial relief
and funding to MSMEs with growth potential and viability.
CHAMPIONS portal (1st June, 2020) for making the smaller units big by helping and hand-holding them.
To operate the portal and provide services,
• a central control room in New Delhi and 68 state level control rooms have been created which have
been providing every possible support on a local level to MSMEs in the relevant areas, such as
finance, market access, raw materials, permissions, technology upgradation, skill development etc.
• Public and private sector banks and some of the key financial institutions are on-board to address
the queries related to credit in a fast-track manner.
9.4 Women, Youth and Rural Transformation

Agrarian country
65 percent population live in rural areas and still 54.6 percent of the total workforce in the country is
engaged in agricultural and allied sector activities which accounts for approximately 17.8 percent of the
country’s Gross Value Added (GVA) for the year 2019–20 (GOI, 2021).
Role of Women in agriculture
Agriculture: In rural areas, ILO has estimated that almost 93 percent of work force of young men and
women engaged in informal sector like agriculture.
Animal Husbandry: In animal husbandry, women have played a multiple role. With regional difference
women take care of animal, grazing, fodder collection, cleaning of animal sheds to processing milk and
livestock products.
In livestock management, 90 percent indoor jobs like milking, feeding, cleaning etc. are done by women.
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Allied Sectors: Sericulture, handloom and textile industries in rural economy especially in north
eastern region, has huge potentiality for women employment generation.
Role of Youth in Rural Growth

Agriculture: Agriculture is stated to be the main occupation in the rural areas and this occupation
requires extensive research, production, utilization of science and technology, cropping, irrigation and
many more functions. Youth, who are well educated and possess efficient knowledge of how to
implement agricultural activities, assist in the development of agricultural activities. Making use of
technologies in the agricultural sector, implementing extensive research is the work of the rural youth.
9.5 Expanding Economic Activities

According to the Economic Survey 2020-2021, the share of agriculture in gross domestic product (GDP)
has reached almost 20 percent for the first time in the last 17 years.
• Agriculture the only sector to have clocked a positive growth of 3.4 percent at constant prices in
2020-21, when other sectors had slid.
• The share of agriculture in GDP increased to 19.9 percent in 2020-21 from 17.8 percent in 2019-
20.
• The last time the contribution of the agriculture sector in GDP was at 20 percent was in 2003-
04.
• The government has set the food grain production target at 307.3 million tonnes for the 2021-22
crop year, up by 1.3 percent from last year’s estimated food grain production of 303.3 million
tonnes and there is comfort level regarding the availability of farm inputs including seeds and
fertilizer.
• The production of horticulture crops in India has been estimated at a record 320.48 million metric
tonnes (MMT) in FY20 as per second advance estimates.
• India has the largest livestock population of around 535.78 million, which translates to around
31 percent of the worlds.
• Milk production in the country is set to increase to 208 MT in FY21 from 198 MT in FY20,
registering a growth of 10 percent y-o-y.
• India’s sugar production rose by 20 percent to 258.68 lakh tonne till March 15 on higher cane
production. Last year 87.16 lakh tonne sugar was produced compared to 84.25 lakh tonne so
far this year.
1. The agriculture and allied activities clocked a growth of 3.4 percent at constant prices during 2020-21.
2. The agri export from India is likely to reach the target of US$ 60 billion by the year 2022.
3. Major export destinations of USA, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nepal and Bangladesh.
4. Major product: - Marine products, rice, buffalo meat, spices, cotton raw, oil meals, sugar, castor oil
and tea from India.
Road Ahead - Need to Expand Economic Activities

5. agri export from India is likely to reach the target
• India is gearing up to touch the target of doubling farm income by 2022.
6. of US$ 60 billion by the year 2022
• Initiative taken for food safety: Total Quality Management (TQM) including ISO 9000, ISO
7. agri export from India is likely to reach the target
22000, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices
8. of US$
(GMP)60 and
billion by the
Good year 2022
Hygienic Practices (GHP).
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Fisheries sector: In the next five years, the government will target US$ 9 billion in the fisheries sector
under PM Matsya Sampada Yojana and is also planning to raise fish production to 220 lakh tonnes by
2024-25.
Steps taken to become 5 trillion economy

• First step for achieving this economic target as well as being self-reliant or Atma Nirbhar.
• The Rural Infrastructure Fund has been increased to Rs. 40,000 crores.
• The amount for Micro Irrigation Fund created with NABARD doubled to Rs. 10,000 crores for
2021-2022.
• Operation Green Scheme has been widened to 22 perishable products; and 1,000 more mandis
are being linked with e-NAM.
• A production linked incentive (PLI) of about Rs. 11,000 crores, which the industry can avail
Industry. Its duration will be for six years from 2021-22 to 2026-27.
• Operation Greens scheme, 50 percent subsidy is being provided on transportation of all fruits
and vegetables through Kisan Rail.
• The 100,000 odd micro food processing units in the country need to be strengthened.
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

• Their share in national gross value added is about 32 percent and they provide employment to
about 111 million workers.
• A share of MSME-related products in exports at about 48 percent during 2018-19, the
government is gearing to increase their contribution to 75 percent and in the gross value added
to 50 percent.
• It projects to generate jobs for about 150 million workers.
• There is a need to harness the power of ICT. Information and communications technology (ICT)
is an extensional term for information technology (IT).
Other Initiative
• The concept of provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) needs to be relooked here.
• The government has launched initiatives such as Make in India, Start-Up India, MUDRA Bank,
Skill India, etc. There is a need to identify areas for developing rural hubs based on resources,
markets and infrastructure.
10. HIGHLIGHTS OF YOJNA (June 2021)

10.1 Smart Agriculture
Agritech: Agritech is defined here as technologies and tools that improve yield, efficiency and
profitability by leveraging the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning,
drones, and sensors in agricultural processes to track, monitor, automate and analyse.
Indian scenario of agriculture

• Agriculture and allied sectors are the primary source of livelihood for nearly 55 per cent of India’s
population (Census 2011) but accounted only for approximately 17.8 per cent of the country’s
Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2019-20.
• The yields on cereal crops are about 50 per cent lower in India than in countries such as the
United States or China.
• The average size of farm holdings in the country is just over 1 hectare, with small and marginal
farmers holding nearly 86 per cent of the total.
Need of agriculture technology in Industry

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• To minimize the impact of the ‘unknowns’ of agriculture. For instance, weather, soil and climatic
conditions have historically been an important determinant of the agricultural processes in India.
Use of technology
• To detect erratic weather, sensors to map the specific type of climate and soil in an area, and
machine
learning algorithms that determine the appropriate crops based on this data, can substantially
improve the
quality and quantity of yield.
• In the dairy and livestock vertical, the use of sensors to monitor the health and nutrition of cattle
and drones to track herds can improve efficiency and traceability.
Actor involve in agritech

• Think-tanks
• research laboratories
• government
• incubators
• startups.
Agritech startup
• There are over 500 agritech startups in the country, which witnessed a significant rise with the
government’s Digital India campaign that has prioritized the creation of digital infrastructure for
all.
• Some notable agritech startups which are utilizing cutting-edge technologies to drive solutions
in the sector include Fasal, DeHaat, Clover, Cropin, and Intello Labs.
Central Government initiative

• Soil Health Cards: crop specific recommendations for fertilizers and nutrients, every two years.
• Soil Health Card Mobile App: captures GIS coordinates while registering sample details to
indicate location of sample.
• National Agriculture Market - eNAM: electronic trading portal connecting APMC mandis.
Incorporates 1,000 markets with over 90 commodities.
• Direct Benefit Transfer: Around 14 schemes in agriculture and 2 in animal husbandry have
been rolled out using DBT.
State Government initiative

Karnataka: Agritech fund of USD 2.5 Mn using AI. Partnership with IBM to price forecasting using AI
and ML.
Haryana: Integrated Farmer Producer Organization’s (FPO) packhouses to the eNAM platform.
Madhya Pradesh: Set up the UN-ICRISAT agency to assist with climate smart agriculture solutions.
Uttar Pradesh: Bill and Melinda gates Foundation and TATA Trusts collaborated with the State
government to set up an Indian Agriculture Incubation Network at IIT Kanpur.
Telangana: Open Data Portal, containing 199 datasets including agriculture, irrigation, and animal
husbandry and livestock.
Punjab: Collaboration with Israeli farming solutions organization, ARNA, which provided affordable
technical skill training to farmers to boost crop yield, income, and diversify crops. The company also
provided a state digital agriculture platform with a database of all farmers to track their agriculture
activities.
Rajasthan: Hosted agri-meets, and a Challenge for Change platform for Agritech entrepreneurs.
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10.2 MIS module for strengthening domestic Agarbatti industry

National Bamboo Mission has launched an MIS (Management Information Systems) based reporting platform
for agarbatti stick production.
• To collate the locations of stick making units, availability of raw material, functioning of the units,
production capacity, marketing, etc.
• With the help of this module, the linkages with the industry will be synergised better to enable seamless
procurement from production units and information gaps can be plugged.
• All NBM States are documenting all the units to assess better how further support can be given for ‘Vocal
for Local’ and ‘Make for the World’ since Indian agarbatti are much sought after in global markets.
11. FASSAI and blending of mustard oil

FSSAI has asked states to effectively enforce the decision to ban blending of mustard oil with any other
cooking oil.
Key highlights
• In March 2021, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had prohibited the
blending of mustard oil for production of Multi-Sourced Edible Vegetable Oils (MSEVOs) with
effect from June 8.
• In this regard, FSSAI has issued an order on June 8 asking all the Commissioners of Food Safety
of States/UTs and Central Licensing Authority to carry out an inspection drive.
• According to the FSSAI regulations, blending of two edible oils is permitted, provided the
proportion by weight of any edible vegetable oil used in the blending process is not less than 20
per cent.
12. Fortified Rice Bran Oil

Government of India’s NAFED launched Fortified Rice Bran Oil to Boost Healthy Living
Key updates
• This Rice bran oil will be marketed by NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing
Federation of India Ltd).
• In the same way a MoU has been signed between NAFED and FCI for the production and
marketing of fortified rice kernel
• Rice Bran oil from NAFED will be fortified and it will be ensured that it will contain additional
nutrients and vitamins.
13. Beed model of crop insurance

The Maharashtra Government asked the Prime Minister for state-wide implementation of the ‘Beed
model’ of the crop insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY).
Need
• Beed is a district located in the drought-prone Marathwada region.
• The district presents a challenge for any insurance company because farmers here have
repeatedly lost crops either to failure of rains or to heavy rains.
• Given the high payouts, insurance companies have sustained losses.
Solution
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To attract the insurance companies, the state Agriculture Department decided to tweak the PMFBY
guidelines for the district
• Under this model, the insurance company provides a cover of 110% of the premium collected.
• In case the compensation amount exceeds the 110% mark, the state government would pay the
bridge amount.
• But if the compensation was less than the premium collected, the insurance company would
keep 20% of the amount as handling charges and reimburse the rest to the state government.
14. National Agriculture Geo Hub

Ministry of Agriculture signed the MoU with four institutions to promote digital services related to
agriculture
Key highlights
Ministry of Agriculture signed the MoU with following institutions
• Patanjali Organic Research Institute
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• ESRI India Pvt. Ltd.
• Agribazar India Pvt. Ltd
The MoUs have been signed with these organizations for pilot project using Kisan Database as Aadhaar
within a period of one year:
• With ESRI for setting up and launching of “National Agriculture Geo Hub”
• With Amazon Web Services for creation of digital services and innovation ecosystem linked with
digital agriculture in the agricultural value chain
• With Agribazar to collaborate with Department of Agriculture for pilot project in 3 States (Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan) to promote digital agriculture and
• An MoU has been signed with Patanjali for agricultural management and farmer service in 3
districts (Haridwar- Uttarakhand, Hamirpur- Uttar Pradesh and Morena- Madhya Pradesh).
15. Green Gold Collection

The Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare has launched the Bamboo Market Page
‘Green Gold Collection’ on Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
• It is a unique initiative of the National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and Govt e-Marketplace (GeM).
• It is a dedicated window on the GeM portal for marketing of the Bamboo Goods (Bamboo based
products & Quality Planting Materials).
• It showcases a range of exquisitely handcrafted bamboo and bamboo products, handicrafts,
disposals and office utility products on the GeM portal.
• It aims to provide bamboo artisans, weavers and entrepreneurs in rural areas with market access
to Government buyers.
• The product categories ranging from bamboo poles to bamboo products in furniture, lifestyle &
décor, kitchenware, industrial machinery, handcrafted items such as toys and office utility items
like agarbatti/ incense sticks, disposables, water bottles, yoga mats, charcoal, etc. are being
uploaded on the portal.
16. World’s costliest mango (Miyazaki)

• A couple in Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur) drew attention when they hired security and guard dogs
to watch over the very rare variety of mango crop.
• This is the world's costliest mango called the Miyazaki mango that is primarily grown in Japan.
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Key facts
• This mango derived its name from Miyazaki city in Japan where it is grown.
• Some of them can grow up to more than 350g weight and can have 15% or higher Sugar
Content.
• According to Miyazaki local products and trade promotion Centre in Japan, these mangoes are
grown during the peak harvest between April and August.
• Miyazaki mangoes are among the most expensive in the world and sold at ₹2.70 lakh per
kilogram in the international market last year, according to the Japanese media reports.
Sometimes price can go as high as ₹3-4 lakh per kilogram.
• According to the Japanese trade promotion Centre, the Miyazaki is a type of “Irwin” mango which
is different from the yellow “Pelican mango” widely grown in Southeast Asia.
• Miyazaki’s mangoes are shipped all over Japan, and their production volume is second in Japan
after Okinawa.
• These mangoes are rich in antioxidant and contain beta-carotene and folic acid, which is great
for people that need help with tired eyes, as per the trade promotion Centre. They also help in
preventing the reduced vision.
• The cultivation of this variety of mangoes requires plenty of rain and was first cultivated around
the Japanese city of Miyazaki in 1984.
• The Miyazaki mangoes undergo a strict checking and testing before exported across the island
nation. Those which pass the highest quality standard, are called “Eggs of the Sun”.
• These mangoes are often flaming red and their shape looks like dinosaur eggs. More on HT
article.
• Japanese farmers wraps small net around the fruit that allows sunlight to hit the skin in a uniform
manner giving it perfectly round shape.
• There is also a protective cushion on the ground for the fruit to protect from any mishappening
as farmers does not pluck the fruit and allow it to fall by itself once it is completely ripened.
17. India expands its cereals exports footprints through shipping rice,
wheat and other cereals to newer destinations.
• The sharp spike in exports of mainly rice (basmati and non-basmati), wheat and other cereals in
2020-21 is attributed to synergy and collaboration between various stakeholders – farmers,
millers, exporters and government agencies in boosting exports.
• India’s overall exports of cereals have seen a sharp spike in 2020-21 with export of non-basmati
rice growing by 136.04% to USD 4794.54 million; wheat by 774.17% to USD 549.16 million; and
other cereals (Millets, Maize and other coarse gains) by 238.28% to USD 694.14 million
Rice
• In terms of rice (basmati as well as non-basmati) exports especially in 2020-21, India shipped
non-basmati rice to nine countries - Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Papua New Guinea,
Zimbabwe, Burundi, Eswatini, Myanmar and Nicaragua.
• The total volume of export of rice to these nine countries was only 188 metric tonne and 197
metric tonne in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively while the volume shipment rose to 1.53 lakh
tonne in 2020-21.
Wheat
• India exported substantial quantity of grain to seven new countries - Yemen, Indonesia, Bhutan,
Philippines, Iran, Cambodia and Myanmar during 2020-21.
• Wheat exports did not take place to these seven countries in 2018-19 and only 4 metric tonne
of grain was exported in 2019-20.
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• The volume of exports of wheat to these countries rose to 1.48 lakh tonne in 2020-21.
Other cereals
• India shipped cereals of substantial quantity to newer destinations or countries - Sudan, Poland,
Bolivia, Colombia, Congo D. Rep. and Ghana in 2020-21.
• India did not export cereals other than rice and wheat to these six countries in 2018-19.
• Only 102 metric tonne of cereals other than rice and wheat was exported in 2019-20 which rose
to 521 metric tonne in 2020-21.
18. Wheat procured with all time high MSP value of Rs 81,196 Crore
during current RMS 2021-22.
• Quantity of over 411.12 LMT of Wheat has been procured against the last year’s total purchase
of 389.92 LMT.
• Wheat procurement up by 5.44 % in comparison to last year’s total purchases.
• 44.43 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement
operations with MSP value of Rs. 81,196.20 Crore.
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• Out of which an amount of Rs 76,055.71 crore has already been transferred to farmers across
the country.
• 411.12 LMT wheat, major contribution has been made by
o Punjab- 132.27 LMT (32.17 %), which is all time high.
o Haryana- 84.93 LMT (20.65 %)
o Madhya Pradesh -128.08 LMT (31.15 %).
19. Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21

• 805.21 LMTs of paddy (includes Kharif Crop 706.93 LMT and Rabi Crop 98.28 LMT) against
the last year corresponding purchase of 732.40 LMT.
• About 119.42 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement
Operations with MSP value of Rs. 1,52,022.37 Crore.
• Paddy procurement has also reached at all-time high level, surpassing previous high of 773.45
LMT in KMS 2019-20.
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20. Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 & Rabi
Marketing Season 2021 and summer season 2021
• 107.81 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 & Rabi Marketing
Season 2021 and summer season 2021 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra
Pradesh under Price Support Scheme (PSS).
• The sanction for procurement of 1.74 LMT of Copra (the perennial crop) for the States of Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given.
Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured

7,51,279.59 MT of Moong, Urad, Tur, Gram, Masoor, Groundnut Pods, Mustard Seed and Soyabean
having MSP value of Rs.3,928.50 crores benefitting 4,43,412 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana and
Rajasthan under Kharif2020-21 & Rabi 2021.
Copra (the perennial crop)

5,089 MT of copra (the perennial crop) having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured
benefitting 3,961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during the crops season 2020-21.
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21. Center reduces the duty on Crude Palm Oil (CPO) by 5%
Crude palm oil
• In order to bring relief to the consumers and reduce the edible oil prices, Center has reduced
the duty on Crude Palm Oil (CPO) by 5%.
• Ministry of Finance on 29th June, 2021 has cut duty on CPO to 10% from 15% w.e.f. 30th June,
2021 and this will remain in force up to and inclusive of the 30th September, 2021.
• The reduction will bring down the effective tax rate on CPO to 30.25% from the earlier 35.75%
inclusive of additional agri-cess of 17.5% and 10% social welfare cess.
RBD Palmolein (Refined Palm oil)

• RBD Palmolein (Refined Palm oil), Department of Food & Public Distribution has recommended
removal of the restriction on import of RBD Palmolein and to put it in the open general category
of imports.
• Department of Commerce on 30th June, 2021 has issued revised import policy for Refined
Bleached Deodorized (RBD) Palm Oil and RBD Palmolein by removing both from restricted to
free category for a period up to 31.12.2021.
Import dependence of India on edible oil

The major edible oils consumed in the country
mustard, soyabean, groundnut, sunflower sesame oil, niger seed, safflower seed, castor and linseed
(primary source) and coconut, palm oil, cottonseed, rice bran, solvent extracted oil, tree & forest
origin oil.
Total domestic demand of the oil
• It is approximately 250 LMT per year.
• Around 60% of the edible oils consumed in the country is met through imports.
• Palm oils (Crude + Refined) import constitutes around 60% of the total edible oil imported,
out of which 54% is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia.
• As the country has to depend heavily on imports the international prices have an impact on
domestic prices of edible oils.
22. Central and State Governments coordinate actions to contain the

prices of pulses
Department of Consumer Affairs, which monitors the prices of essential commodities on a regular basis,
took the initiative of stock declaration and monitoring of stock of pulses to ensure its availability to
consumers at affordable prices and to bridge the demand and supply gap.
Steps taken
• The power to issue orders for collecting information or statistics with regard to essential
commodities has been delegated by the Central Government to the State Government.
• All States/UTs were requested to direct all the Stockholders like Millers, Traders, Importers etc.
to declare their stock of pulses.
• To ease the process and standardize the reporting format, an online portal was created & all the
Stockholders to register themselves on online portal and declare their stock of pulses.
• Increased procurement thorough buffer and enhancement of buffer targets. Price Stabilization
Fund (PSF) has been raised to 23 LMT. Procurement of Chana, Masur, and Moong is ongoing.
• Release of pulses under in various welfare schemes and PMGKAY.
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• A mechanism for retail intervention was introduced in 2020-21 to enhance the direct and
immediate impact of releases from pulses buffer on cooling down retail prices.
• Under this mechanism, Moong, Urad and Tur were offered to the States/UTs at a discounted
rate for supply through retail outlets such as FPS, Dairy & Horticulture outlets, Consumer
Cooperative Society outlets etc.
Outcome
• Thus, the upward pressure on retail prices of Tur, Moong dal and Urad has stabilised in 2021
and is on a stable or declining trend.
• The average increase of these three pulses during the period 1st April 2021 to 16th June 2021
as compared to 1st January 2021 to 31st March 2021 has been 0.95%.
• Which is much lower as compared to 8.93% witnessed in the corresponding period of 2020 and
4.13 % witnessed in the corresponding period of 2019.
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UPDATION OF SCHEMES
1.Pradhan • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended till Deepawali, 80 crore
Mantri Garib people will continue to get free food grain every month.
• FCI supplies 69 LMT free food grains to all States/ UTs under PMGKAY.
Kalyan Anna
• All 36 States/ UTs lift 100% free food grains for May 2021 under PMGKAY.
Yojana extended • North-Eastern States, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland &
till Deepawali. Tripura lift full allocation for May-June 2021.
• The Government of India bear entire cost under PMGKAY.
2.Pradhan • Government allocates 198.78 LMT food grains under PMGKAY-IV (July-
Mantri Garib November 2021).
• Lifting has been started by 8 States i.e., Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Kalyan Anna
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Telangana and Tripura and 1.06 LMT food
Yojana grains have been lifted up to 28th June, 2021.
• Government supplies 77.42 LMT free food grains to all States/ UTs under
PMGKAY-III (May-June 2021).
• Since 1st May, 2021, total 2608 food grain rakes have been loaded by FCI i.e.,
average 45 rakes on daily basis.
• 23 States/ UTs lifted full allocation for May-June 2021 under PMGKAY-III.
3.Sub-Mission on To empower the farmers through Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization

Agricultural (SMAM) scheme, Government of India has released funds for various activities of
Farm Mechanization.
Mechanization
Scheme Key Facts
Under the SMAM scheme from 2014-15 to 2020-21 an amount of Rs. 288.24 crores
have been released to Madhya Pradesh for distribution of 2000 agricultural
machinery and equipment and establishment of 90 Custom Hiring centres.
• An amount of Rs. 621.23 crore have been released to Andhra Pradesh.
(Highest).
• An amount of Rs. 36.36 crore have been released to Arunachal Pradesh.
(Lowest).
• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development

4.Agriculture Authority (APEDA) has informed all the exporters that Financial
Assistance under APEDA’s Agriculture and Processed Food Export
and Processed
Promotion Scheme will be continued till June 30, 2021.
Food Export • Scheme has been initiated by the Government of India.
Promotion • The primary objective of the scheme is mandated with the task of agro -
Scheme industries development and export promotion of food products from the
country.
• The Government grants financial assistance to the exporters of the
agricultural and processed food products.
5. Biotech- The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has issued a Special Call for North East
KISAN Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science
Programme
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Application Network (Biotech-KISAN)”, with the aim to understand the local problems
of the NER farmers and provide scientific solutions to those problems.
• It is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for agriculture

innovation with an objective to connect science laboratories with the farmers
to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.
• Under this scheme, so far 146 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established
covering all 15 agroclimatic zones and110 Aspirational Districts in the country.
• The scheme has benefitted over two lakhs farmers so far by increasing their
agriculture output and income.
Over 200 entrepreneurships have also been developed in rural areas.
6 .Expansion of • Van Dhan Yojana to be expanded this year in the Union Territories of Dadra
Van Dhan and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
• TRIFED conducted an outreach session with the state teams and VDVKs of
yojana to Dadar
the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu recently
and Nagar
Haveli and
daman and Diu
7. Expansion of • Expanding implementation of the Van Dhan Yojana in the Union Territory of
Van Dhan Ladakh.
• TRIFED conducted recently to review the progress of the implementation of
yojana to
the Van Dhan Yojana, one important outreach session was with the state
Ladakh teams and VDVKs of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
• NRLM is the implementing agency for the UT of Ladakh.
8.‘Sankalp Se • Shri Arjun Munda, Minister for Tribal Affairs launches the tribal livelihoods
Siddhi’ – Mission initiative “Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan “Seven new Tribes India
Outlets inaugurated virtually at
Van Dhan
• Jagdalpur
• Ranchi
• Jamshedpur
• Sarnath
9 .Kisan rail • Kisan Rail have so far carried 2.7 lakh tonnes of consignment.
• Till now, 60 routes have been operationalized.
Salient feature
Enables movement of perishables including fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fishery
and dairy products from production or surplus regions to consumption or deficient
regions
• Speedy movement ensures minimum damage during transit.
• Enables farmers to utilize the vast railway network to gain access to distant,
bigger and more lucrative markets.
• 50 percent subsidy is given in freight (being borne by Ministry of Food
Processing Industries under ‘Operation Greens – TOP to Total’ scheme) for
transportation of fruits and vegetables;
• Based on the concept of multi commodity, multi consignor, multi consignee,
multi stoppages, time-tabled trains – to help small farmers with lesser produce
also to transport their consignment without any middleman.
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• No minimum limit on quantity that can be booked, enabling even small and
marginal farmers to reach bigger and distant markets.
• End-consumers (at bigger cities and consumption centers) get fresher
produce at cheaper prices, due to reduction in transportation time as well as
costs.
The first train under Kisan Rail scheme –

• Between Devlali (Mah) and Danapur (Bihar) – was flagged-off by Minister of
Railways and Commerce & Industry and Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’
Welfare.
• This train has subsequently been extended to run between Sangola (Mah)
and Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
• The 100th trip under Kisan Rail scheme – between Sangola (Mah) and
Shalimar (WB) – was flagged-off by Hon’ble Prime Minister.
10 .Pradhan The centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing
Mantri Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, launched under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
Formalisation of Objective: To enhance the competitiveness of existing individual micro-enterprises
Micro food in the unorganized segment of the food processing industry and promote
processing formalization of the sector, marks the completion of its one year.
Enterprises
Launched: on 29th June 2020.
(PMFME)
Corpus & time period: Rs. 10,000 crores over a period of five years from 2020-21
to 2024-25.
Target: The scheme envisions to directly assist the 2,00,000 micro food processing
units for providing financial, technical, and business support for upgradation of
existing micro food processing enterprises.
• The PMFME Scheme is currently being implemented in 35 States and Union

Territories.
• The online portal for the application of the PMFME Scheme was made live on
25th January 2021.
Milestone achieved
• Seed Capital worth Rs. 25.25 Cr. disbursed to State Rural Livelihood Mission
under the scheme.
• ‘One District One Product’ of 707 districts approved for 35 States/UTs.
• 54 Common Incubation Centres approved in the 17 States/UTs.
11. PM Kisan • In order to help farmers, the central government has launched a scheme that
Tractor Yojana provides subsidy to buy tractors.
• The best thing about this scheme is that a farmer will be able to buy tractor of
any company and that too in half the price.
Eligibility
• The first condition, he or she should not have purchased any tractor in the last
7 years. A farmer can buy only one tractor.
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• Women farmers are given priority in this scheme.
• To avail the benefit of the scheme a farmer should have all the necessary
documents and land in his name.
How to apply
• Farmers can apply online as well as offline for this scheme.
• All they need to do is go to the Agriculture Department Office or Nearest CSC
center.
• Many state governments provide 20 to 50 percent subsidy on tractors to
farmers at their respective levels. Madhya Pradesh government is doing
remarkable work in this area under E Yantra Krishi Anudaan.
12. Pradhan • According to the Ministry of Agriculture Data, around 12 crore farmers have
Mantri Kisan benefitted from the PM Kisan scheme so far.
• This scheme first came into effect from 1st December, 2018 and it was
Samman Nidhi
announced on 1st February 2019.
Yojana • The PM Kisan scheme officially launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on 24th February 2019, in Gorakhpur.
• This is a 75,000-crore scheme and its main focus is to cover 125 million
farmers, irrespective of the size of their landholdings.
• Through this scheme the farmers can get up to Rs 6,000 per year as a
minimum income support across the country in three equal installments of Rs
2,000 each and the amount is directly transferred to the bank account of the
farmer.
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NABARD IN NEWS
1. NABARD sanctions Rs 254 crore for drinking water projects in
Odisha
Nabard has sanctioned Rs 254 crore to Odisha under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
for setting up of two mega piped drinking water supply projects.
The two mega projects will come up in
• Jaipur district (covering Badachana and Dharmasala blocks)
• Puri district (covering Brahmagiri and Krushnaprasad block).
• These projects are expected to provide clean and safe drinking water to 8.78 lakh rural
population across 1.37 lakh household in 565 villages of the state on completion.
2. Jal Jeevan Mission to Benefit 797 Villages in Mandya

To be taken up under Jal Jeevan Mission and with financial assistance from NABARD, this is the first
mega project of significance approved for Mandya district in decades and meets the long pending
demand of the people of the region.
• More than 4.16 lakh people in 797 villages spread across three taluks of Mandya district will
benefit from a new drinking water project to be implemented at a cost of ₹690 crore and approved
by the State government.
• To be completed in 30 months from the date of commissioning of the works, the project entails
ensuring permanent drinking water facility to 797 villages spread across K.R.Pet, Pandavpura
and Nagamangala taluks.
• The project will also cover Belluru Town Panchayat, Nagamangala town, B.G.Nagar and 5
residential schools in K.R.Pet taluk.
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DAYS /EVENTS / PROGRAMMES
1.India-Australia • The two Ministers met to follow up on the collaboration in field of
cooperation and agriculture highlighted in the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
announced by Prime Ministers of India and Australia at their Summit
collaboration in
on 4th June 2020
the field of • The India - Australia Grains Partnership was a significant inclusion aiming to
Agriculture use Australia’s expertise in post-harvest management to strengthen rural
grain storage and supply chains so as to reduce losses and wastage.
• National Institute of Agricultural Marketing will be the nodal organisation from
India.
2.The 42nd • The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare addressed the
Session of The 42nd session of Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO)
Conference.
Food and
• For the first time ever, the FAO Conference is held in virtual mode.
Agriculture • The conference takes place every two years and is FAO’s supreme
Organization’s governing body.
(FAO) Conference
Key notes from the address
• The Country Program Framework prepared by FAO India in

collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,
Government of India has multi sectoral approach.
• India has been extending technical expertise and assistance in
incidences of trans-boundary pests mainly Fall Army Worm and
Desert Locust.
• FAO also endorsed the Indian proposal for an International Year of
Pulses (2016) and International Year of Millets (2023).
• India has launched various projects under the National Mission on
Sustainable Agriculture to make agriculture resilient to adverse
impacts of climate change.
• India is promoting Organic farming at a large scale.
India’s Efforts for Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic
High Production of Foodgrains: India registered an all-time high production

of food grains at 305 million tonnes as well as in exports during 2020 -21,
contributing to global food security.
KISAN RAIL: It was introduced to transport the essential commodities

including perishable horticulture produce, milk and dairy produce from the
production centres to the large urban markets.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Under this scheme, free food grains
were provided to 810 million beneficiaries and it has been further extended in
which workers will be benefited till November, 2021.
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PM Kisan Scheme: More than Rs.1,37,000 Crore have been sent to the bank
accounts of over 100 million farmers under this to provide income support to
the farmers.
3.World Milk Day • Every year, the first day of June is observed as World Milk Day.
• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, chaired a
virtual program organised on the occasion of World Milk Day
Key highlights
• India is a global leader amongst dairying nations and produced 198.4

million tonnes of milk during 2019-20.
• Value of output of milk is more than Rs 7.72 lakh crore during 2018 -19
at current prices which is more than the value of output of wheat and
paddy together.
• Milk Production has grown at an average annual growth rate of 6.3%
per year during last 6 years whereas world milk production is growing
at the rate of 1.5% per year.
• Per capita availability of milk has increased from 307 grams per person
per day in 2013-14 to 406 grams per person per day in 2019-2020 that
year is 32.24%.
• Dairy sector provides livelihood support to 8 crore dairy farmers
engaged in dairying mainly small & marginal and landless labourers.
• Over 2 crore dairy farmers organised into dairy cooperatives and there
are 1.94 lakh Dairy Cooperative Societies collecting milk from milk
potential villages .
4.UN “High-Level • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address
Dialogue on at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation
and Drought” via video conference.
Desertification,
• The Prime Minister spoke at the Opening Segment in his capacity as
Land Degradation the President of the 14th Session of the Conference of Parties of United
and Drought Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Steps taken by India for land degradation
• India has taken the lead to highlight land degradation issues at

international forums.
• The Delhi Declaration of 2019 called for better access and stewardship
over land, and emphasised gender-sensitive transformative projects.
• Over the last 10 years, around 3 million hectares of forest cover has
been added.
• India is on track of national commitment of Land degradation neutrality.
• India working towards restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land
by 2030.
• This would contribute to India's commitment to achieve an additional
carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent”
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5.International • First time the International Fruit Day commemorated on July 1st 2007
Fruit Day at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany where boundaries had fallen 1989.
• In April 2007, former students of social work from the University of
Applied Science Alice Salomon in Berlin came together talking about
their fields of profession and the spheres of action.
• After discussion, they came to an outcome to bring people and
organizations together with a basic social subject: 'Sharing a meal'.
• Sharing and eating fruits/vegetables together was soon made up to
'International Fruit Day' which is observed July 1st every year.
6.World Day to • World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was introduced in
Combat 1994 by the UN General Assembly on 17 June in its 49th session.
Recognizing the fact that desertification and drought is a serious global
Desertification
issue
and Drought • Particularly in African continent, the UN General Assembly, on the
same day, the same year, adopted the implementation of The United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
• This year’s theme “Food- Feed- Fibre”.
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AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY /INNOVATIONS
1.Patent for instant soup mix made from spent hen meat
• The ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh has
received a patent (No. - 370161) for utilisation of spent hen meat for preparation of instant
soup mix.
• An improved process was standardised for the preparation of instant soup mix using the
spent hen meat, starch, spices and condiments.
• The developed technology can ensure nutritious, palatable, convenient and ready-to-
reconstitute meat products to the consumers.
2.Climate-resilient special trait crop varieties to nation
• A total of 21 varieties of rice, peas, millet, maize, soybean, quinoa, buckwheat, winged
bean, pigeon pea and sorghum will be dedicated to the nation by the finance minister.
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed bio -fortified crop varieties
having high nutrients like protein, iron, zinc, vitamin-A.
• The varieties are tolerant to diseases, insects, pests, drought, salinity, and flooding, early
maturing and amenable to mechanical harvesting.
• These varieties, the concentration of important nutrients was far below the required level,
and they were susceptible to biotic and abiotic stresses.
3.AgriStack (A collection of technology-based interventions in

agriculture)
Tech firm Microsoft will run a pilot for the agriculture ministry's AgriStack in 100 villages in six
Indian states to "develop (a) farmer interface for smart and well-organised agriculture" aimed at
improving efficiency and reducing waste.
Need:
• At present, the majority of farmers across India are small and marginal farmers with limited
access to advanced technologies or formal credit that can help improve output and fetch
better prices.
• Among the new proposed digital farming technologies and services under the programme
include sensors to monitor cattle, drones to analyse soil and apply pesticide, may
significantly improve the farm yields and boost farmers' incomes.
AgriStack
• The AgriStack is a collection of technologies and digital databases proposed by the
Central Government focusing on India’s farmers and the agricultural sector.
• The central government has claimed that these new databases are being built to primarily
tackle issues such as poor access to credit and wastage in the agricultural supply chain.
• Under AgriStack’, the government aims to provide ‘required data sets’ of farmers’ personal
information to Microsoft to develop a farmer interface for ‘smart and well-organized
agriculture’.
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• The digital repository will aid precise targeting of subsidies, services and policies, the
officials added.
• Under the programme, each farmer of the country will get what is being called an FID, or
a farmers’ ID, linked to land records to uniquely identify them. India has 140 million
operational farm-land holdings.
• Alongside, the government is also developing a unified farmer service platform that will
help digitise agricultural services delivery by the public and private sectors.
Potential Benefits
• Problems such as inadequate access to credit and information, pest infestation,
crop wastage, poor price discovery and yield forecasting can be sufficiently
addressed by use of digital technology.
• It will also fuel innovation and breed investment towards the agricultural sector and
augment research towards more resilient crops.
4. ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research Releases 4 New Varieties

of Rice
• The Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) has recently released four new varieties of
rice namely: DRR Dhan 53, DRR Dhan 54, DRR Dhan 55 & DRR Dhan 56 for the farmers.
• The scientist of ICAR have developed such varieties, which can save the rice from all
types of bacteria’s, which can be cooked even when the water is limited, and are
affordable.
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DRR Dhan 53
• Fine grain rice varieties such as Samba Mahasuri usually gets affected by bacterial
disease. Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is considered to be one of the most severe
disease, which reduces the yield of crop.
• To curb this kind of infections, the scientist from ICAR developed DRR Dhan 53 Which
is a novel durable bacterial blight resistant high yielding fine grain rice variety.
DRR Dhan 54 and DRR Dhan 55

• Due to the scarcity of water in most areas in India, DRR Dhan 54 and DRR Dhan 55 were
developed for cultivation under the aerobic systems & under dry seed rice.
• This variety has been released mainly for water-limiting areas.
• DRR Dhan 54 & DRR Dhan 55 have numerous pest as well as disease resistance for the
major pests & diseases like: neck blast, gall midge, leaf blast and rice thrips and the
moderate resistance to stem borer and plant hoppers.
DRR Dhan 56
• It is a cross breed developed from Huang-Hua-Zhan/Phalgunan that is built under the
collaborative project “Green Super Rice” for the resource- poor of Africa & Asia phase 3,
between the Indian Institute of Rice Research-Hyderabad & Indian Institute of Rice
Research-Philippines.
• This variety of rice is resistant to false smut and leaf blast and it is moderately resistant
to bacterial leaf blight and also tolerant to stem borer
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IMPORTANT NEWS
1. Three Centers • Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India jointly
of Excellence inaugurated the 3 Centers of Excellence (COEs) established in Karnataka
under Indo-Israel Agricultural Project (IIAP).
established in
• MIDH Division of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Government of
Karnataka under India and MASHAV - Israel’s Agency for International Development
Indo-Israel Cooperation - are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation.
Agriculture • It has 29 operational Centre of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 States,
project implementing advanced Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.
• Out of these 29 fully functional COEs 3 are from Karnataka,
o Kolar for Mango
o Bagalkote for Pomegranate
o Dharwad for Vegetables.
2. India and Fiji The MoU provides for cooperation in the fields of Dairy Industry Development, Rice
sign MoU for Industry Development, Root crop diversification, Water Resources Management,
Coconut Industry Development, Food Processing Industry Development,
cooperation in Agriculture Mechanization, Horticulture Industry Development, Agricultural
the field of Research, Animal Husbandry, Pest and Disease, Cultivation, Value Addition and
agriculture and Marketing, Post-Harvest and Milling, Breeding and Agronomy.
allied sectors
3. P-MART tech • The ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad has designed and
for hygienic meat fabricated an innovative Portable Meat Production and Retailing Facility (P-
MART) for the hygienic meat production from the small ruminants.
production
• The P-MART is a user-friendly, low cost, portable, mobile, environment-
friendly and animal welfare compliant facility for hygienic meat production
from sheep and goats.
• It consists of Lairage, Slaughtering, Cutting & Packaging, and Retailing Units
4.Nano Urea • Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister flagged off Nano Urea dispatch to
dispatch to Karnataka.
• The minister also promised IFFCO to award land to start a Nano Urea
Karnataka
production unit near Bangalore Airport.
• IFFCO had earlier dispatched Nano Urea shipments to the states of Uttar
Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The stocks were sold within half an hour.
• The total annual production capacity would be initially 14 crore bottles of 500
ml, which will further be raised to 18 Crore.
5.World’s First • The world’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber plant was planted on the
Genetically outskirts of Guwahati, Assam.
• It was developed at the Kerala-based Rubber Research Institute of India
Modified Rubber
(RRII).
Planted in • The GM rubber plant, the first of its kind developed exclusively for the
Guwahati northeast, is expected to thrive in the climatic conditions of the region.
• GM Rubber is the second genetically modified crop for which field trial has
started after Bt. Cotton. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)
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had allowed to open field trials of GM rubber in 2010 at Chetchackal,
Thombikandom, in Kottayam.
• GM variant rubber has the capacity to withstand adverse climatic conditions.
It will give a big boost to rubber production in India. It will greatly benefit
farmers after trials are over. The crop is resistant to reduced moisture or
drought, low & high temperatures as well as high light intensity. It will also
cut short the maturity period of rubber. It will result into early yielding.
6.Mega quintal • Mega quintal capacity Seed Processing plant at Kathua District of Jammu
capacity Seed and Kashmir.
• Seed Processing Plant with 16 lakh seed generation and 24 lakh seed
Processing plant
processing capacity, the first-of-its-kind, to have come up in this entire
at J & K region.
• The farmers in all these years, who had earlier to struggle to procure better
quality seed from other places, will now have superior quality seed available
at their doorstep.
• This will not only enrich the quality of crops sown by them but also enable
them to procure seed of a superior quality at a lesser cost which, will in turn
raise the margin of their profit in the market.
7.Best Mega Food • Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurates Indus Best
Park at Raipur, Mega Food Park at Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh
• The Park will prove to be a big boost to the growth of the food processing
sector in the State of Chhattisgarh.
• Mega Food Park will ensure value addition, longer shelf life for farm
produce, better price realization for farmers, excellent storage facility and
will provide an alternate market for farmers in the region.
• The Park will also provide direct and indirect employment to about 5,000
persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers in the CPC and PPC catchment
areas
8. Integration of e • e-GOPALA app (Generation of wealth through Productive Livestock), a

Gopala App with comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for
direct use of farmers, had been launched by Hon’ble PM on 10th September
UMANG platform
2020.
• Now 3.1 Crore users of Umang platform will get access to App.
9. Announcement • The Minister announced the launch of the National Awards for the Cattle
of Gopal Ratna and Dairy sector, the Gopal Ratna Awards.
• The award has three categories –
Awards
o Best Dairy farmer
o Best Artificial Insemination Technician (AIT)
o Best Dairy Cooperative/ Milk producer Company/ FPO.
• Eligible farmers/dairy cooperative societies/ AI technicians can apply for
award online and portal for award will open from 15th July 2021.
• Winners for the award will be announced on 31st October 2021.
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10. Digital India • In order to facilitate farmers by providing location specific ‘Demand Based
Corporation & Tele Agriculture Advisories’, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Digital India
Indian Council of
Corporation (DIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology have
Agricultural signed an MoU.
Research signs • ICAR and DIC have agreed to collaborate to develop and deploy ICT
MoU to provide platforms to establish and operate a multi-media, multi-way advisory and
‘Demand Based communication system for supporting various agricultural activities at local
level.
Tele Agriculture
• To start with, the Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDS) would
Advisories’ to be deployed at ICAR which is a push-and pull-based system wherein
farmers agriculture-related information can be pulled from the farmers using mobile
phones.
• IIDS gives an option to farmers to receive individual needs-based information
for only those services to which they have subscribed.
11.Cabinet • With the merger, it is expected that, management expenditure of Railside
approves merger Warehouse Complexes (RWCs) will be reduced by Rs 5 crore due to savings
in corporate office rent, salary of employees and other administrative costs.
of Central
• India & Saint Vincent and The Grenadines signed agreement for exchange
Railside of information & assistance to collect taxes which will help in India’s fight
Warehouse against offshore tax evasion and tax avoidance practices.
Company Limited • CRWC & CWC merger will unify similar functions of both companies, like
(CRWC) with warehousing, handling, and transportation. These functions would come
under single administration which in turn will promote efficiency, optimum
Central
capacity utilization, accountability, transparency and ensure financial
Warehousing savings.
Corporation • It will help in setting up at least 50 more Railside warehouses near goods-
(CWC) shed locations which will generate employment opportunities for 36,500-man
days for skilled workers and 9,12,500-man days for unskilled workers.
12.Jalgaon In a major boost to India’s exports of Geographical Indications (GI) certified
Banana agricultural produce, a consignment of fibre and mineral-rich ‘Jalgaon Banana’ has
been shipped to Dubai.
• Jalgaon is known as the ‘banana hub’ of Maharashtra. It accounts for

about 50% of the State’s banana plantation.
• In 2016, the Jalgaon Banana got the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag
certification.
• The quality of Banana from the Jalgaon is different because of the
proximity to the Tapi river.
• The minerals and fibres in the Jalgaon Banana lend it a unique quality,
which makes the Jalgaon soil unique for banana cultivation.
India’s banana export

• Banana export from India has been rising sharply because of adoption of
farm practices in accordance with global standards.
• India’s banana exports have increased both in volume as well as value
from 1.34 lakh metric tonne in 2018-19 to 1.95 lakh metric tonne in 2019-
20.
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• During 2020-21, India has exported banana worth of 1.91 lakh tonne
which is valued at Rs 619 crore.
• Despite being a leading producer of banana, India’s share is just 0.1% in
the export market.
Banana production in India

• India is world’s leading producer of bananas with its share of 25% in total
output.
• Leading banana producing states are Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,
Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
These states account for about 70% of India’s banana production.
13.Jardalu The first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications (GI) certified Jardalu
mangoes mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar was exported to the United Kingdom.
• Jardalu Mangoes is grown in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It received the

Geographical Indications (GI) certification in 2018.
• The mango is famous for its exclusive aroma, sweetness and other
nutritional properties.
• It is rich in fibre and enzymes that are highly beneficial to the abdominal
muscles and digestive system.
• Moreover, Jardalu mango is also considered a safe fruit for even those who
have been diagnosed with diabetes or have a poor digestive system.
Mango Production in India

• Mango are referred to as king of fruits.
• They are also referred to as Kalpavriksha (wish granting tree) in ancient
scriptures.
• Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka have a major
share in total production of Mango.
14. World’s First • Kusuma Rajaiah, basically a Technocraft in Handloom Technology and
Sustainable having 40 years practical experience in this industry is aware of all these
facts and struggled for several years to create an alternative silk fabric
Vegan Silk
• Where there is no killing, no cruelty and at the same time the fabric value is
totally protected. That struggle paved the way to invent Ahimsa Silk.
• Kusuma. Rajaiah conducted research in the field and invented the technique
of getting silk yarn from cocoons without killing the silk worms, for the first
time in the World in the year 1991.
• After prolonged research the Ahimsa silk is made marketable in the year
2001.
15. NASA to Grow NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is conducting an
Cotton on experiment to grow cotton on the International Space Station (ISS), which is orbiting
the Earth 400 km above it.
International
Space Station The main questions that scientists wish to find answers to include:
• What happens to the cotton crop when there is no gravitational force?
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• What genes and environmental factors play a role in the development of
root system?
Why emphasis on root system?

• Roots play a vital role in the growth and development of a plant.
• When the roots are weak and unhealthy, you cannot expect the plant go
grow strong and healthy. It all starts from the root.
16. India to • Department of Fertilisers is ready with an Action Plan to make India
become Aatmanirbhar in Rock Phosphate, the key raw material of DAP and NPK
Fertilizers.
Aatmanirbhar in
• Rock Phosphate is the key raw material for DAP and NPK fertilizers and
Phosphatic India is 90% dependent on imports.
Fertilizers • Volatility in international prices affects domestic prices of fertilizers and
hinders the progress and development of agriculture sector in the country.
• Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers directed to commercially exploit and
ramp up the production in the existing 30 lakh MT of Phosphorite deposits
which are available in Rajasthan, central part of peninsular India, Hirapur
(MP), Lalitpur (UP), Mussoorie syncline, Cuddapah basin (AP).
17. Burmese • APEDA facilitated exports of Burmese grapes ‘Leteku’ to Dubai.
grapes ‘Leteku’ to • A consignment of Leteku, which contains vitamin C and Iron, was sourced
and packed at a collection centre in Darang district of Assam.
Dubai
• A shipment of fresh Burmese grapes referred as ‘Leteku’ in Assamese
language has been exported to Dubai from Guwahati by air route
18. Exotic dragon • A consignment of fibre and mineral rich ‘Dragon Fruit’, also referred as
fruit or Kamalam Kamalam, has been exported to Dubai.
• Scientifically referred to as Hylocereusundatus, the dragon fruit is grown in
from Maharashtra
countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, the USA and Vietnam.
exported to Dubai • At present, dragon fruit is grown mostly in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman
and Nicobar Islands.
• The cultivation requires less water and can be grown in various kinds of soils.
• There are three main varieties of dragon fruit: white flesh with pink skin, red
flesh with pink skin, and white flesh with yellow skin.
19. Sixteen • Sixteen varieties of mangoes including three GI certified Khirsapati &
varieties of Lakshmanbhog (West Bengal), Zardalu (Bihar) are being exported to
Bahrain.
mangoes
• The fruits have been sourced from farmers in Bengal and Bihar by APEDA
including three GI registered exporter, DM enterprises, Kolkata and imported by Al Jazeera
certified varieties group, Bahrain.
exported to
Bahrain from
West Bengal &
Bihar
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20. 24 MT of • In a boost to exports from eastern region, 24 MT of groundnuts exported to
groundnuts Nepal from West Bengal.
• Gujarat and Rajasthan have a major share in groundnut exports. The
exported to Nepal
groundnut exports from West Bengal would boost exports potential of the
from West Bengal crop from the eastern region.
• India exported 6.38 lakh tonnes (worth of Rs 5381 crore) of groundnuts
during 2020-21.
• The groundnuts are exported to mostly countries such as Indonesia,
Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Russia, Ukraine, United
Arab Emirates and Nepal.
• According to the third advance estimates of oilseeds production by the
ministry of agriculture and farmer welfare, the groundnut production in 2020-
21 is estimated at 101.19 lakh tonne against 99.52 lakh tonne estimated in
2019-20.
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AGRICULTURE

DAYS/EVENTS/PROGRAMMES .......................................................................... 30-32

Agriculture technology/Innovation .................................................................... 33-35

IMPORTANT NEWS .............................................................................................. 36-41

1. Cabinet approves nutrient based subsidy (NBS) rates for phosphatic

2. India registered excellent growth in agriculture exports during 2020-

Aagriculture products (excluding marine and plantation products)

Other agricultural products:

Largest markets for India’s agriculture products

Export from the Clusters

Measures taken during COVID-19 pandemic

3. India exports 11, 49,341 mt of marine products during 2020-21

Frozen Shrimp (Largest export)

Black Tiger (Penaeus monodon) shrimp

Frozen fish (Second largest export)

Major Importer of sea food from India

The increase in MSP for Kharif Crops for

5. Roadmap for Self Sufficiency in Pulses and Oilseeds

SEED MINIKITS are provided to augment the

6. Indian frozen boneless Buffalo meat: APEDA

7. LIDAR survey of forest areas in 10 states for water and fodder

9. HIGHLIGHTS OF KURUKSHETRA (June 2021)

To achieve this, India has set a target of

E NAM It has removed barriers of licensing, movement and storage

Government has further announced to integrate 1,000 more mandis in

e-NAM to develop the concept of ‘one nation, one market’ for

9.3 Industries and Enterprises – Wheels of Rural Growth

corpus of 6000 crore

Government has sanctioned

‘One District One Product’

Government departments and public sector companies are mandated to

Registered MSMEs get benefits of schemes related to collateral/guarantee

9.4 Women, Youth and Rural Transformation

Role of Women in agriculture

Role of Youth in Rural Growth

9.5 Expanding Economic Activities

Road Ahead - Need to Expand Economic Activities

Steps taken to become 5 trillion economy

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

10. HIGHLIGHTS OF YOJNA (June 2021)

Indian scenario of agriculture

Need of agriculture technology in Industry

Actor involve in agritech

Central Government initiative

State Government initiative

10.2 MIS module for strengthening domestic Agarbatti industry

11. FASSAI and blending of mustard oil

12. Fortified Rice Bran Oil

13. Beed model of crop insurance

14. National Agriculture Geo Hub

15. Green Gold Collection

16. World’s costliest mango (Miyazaki)

19. Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21

Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured

Copra (the perennial crop)

RBD Palmolein (Refined Palm oil)

Import dependence of India on edible oil

22. Central and State Governments coordinate actions to contain the

3.Sub-Mission on To empower the farmers through Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development

• It is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for agriculture

The first train under Kisan Rail scheme –

• The PMFME Scheme is currently being implemented in 35 States and Union