ime OOOCOOOOODO Ietass & Se. O | Rot No. OC) | Marks opr. ory Read the passage given befow : In an affirmation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime, the purchase of more than 80 'r cent of the cotton in mandis of Pn injab by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is helping rmers get higher prices from private traders and industrialists these days, Farmers have sold cotton for as high as Rs 6,000 per quintal against the MSP of € 5,515. “J got ® 5,900 per quintal for my yield this time. My friend from a neighbouring ‘village told me that he got & 6,000 a few days ago,” says Dharinder Pal: of Kanakwal village in Bathinda district. _ The CCI entered the mandis last year after a gap of five years and gave good prices to farmers, Last year's profits motivated the farmers to plant more cotton this season. The CCI again made ‘the bulk of the initial purchase, prompting private parties to pay even higher. ‘The general manager of CCI (Punjab), Neeraj Kumar, says, “The entry of the CCI has definitely iven a boost to procurement as farmers are fetching rates above than the MSP. This has led to situation where the purchase of cotton by the CCI has stopped as farmers are getting a better eal. The rates had fallen during the years the CCI chose to stay out of the market. Last year, hen the CCI announced its re-entry into the mandis, farmers still had apprehensions. They grew only 12.03 lakh bales. Spurred by the handsome dividends last year, farmers grew nearly louble the crop this year. cording to Kumar, private players are buying cotton because of a sizeable increase in the jemand at the international level. They are getting good rates internationally and are also earnt to be storing stocks to sell later, expecting a rise in prices, he adds. ill January 18, 2021, the CCI had purchased about 22.3 lakh quintals against about 8 laish quintals by the private parties out of the total arrivals, The bulk purchase by the CCI has led jo. a major decline of 66 per cent in the total procurement by the private players this year. It as 17.8 lakh quintals last year and is about 8.01 lakh quintals this time. Area, Production and Productivity of Cotton in IndiaSampte Factual PAassace answer the questions that follow the moon on 24 August exploration by India, It Jn the world to achieve sott dark, south region of the the country after about four Rakesh Sharma of Indian Air the first time (in a satellite t of the event erupted in joy the moon surface. The next rover that came out of the ited area, taking photographs and the rover is one lunar day which is about 14 earth days. The data +t would be studied by a number of scientists, which will help the world ‘and about the possibility of any future human habitation there. It will also at ISRO to plan future voyages to the moon and other planets, is built on the earlier failed attempt of Chandrayaan 2, sent in space on iI was launched successfully on 22nd October, 2008, with the aim of studying ‘km from the moon surface. It was not intended to land on the moon. is unstoppable. In the near future one or more Indians might be sent to to other planets like the Mars and the Venus is on the cards ! yents is Not True ? is the first human satellite to touch the moon's south, pole ny Vikram lander would come out soon. a crashed on the moon's surface. cr had a soft landing on the moon. {al rn "sein Ren pe aso ian space scientists are on cloud nine. rayaan’s landing on the moon is a rare feat. [1 @) 1s false but 2 is true (teal [1 @ Both 1 & 2 are false feo} that shows correct relation between the two statements. plans to send a satellite to Mars. continues its moon mission with vigour. a