Agricultural subsidies in India play a crucial role in supporting farmers, boosting income, reducing costs, and ensuring sustainability.
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UPSC Mains – How does the Minimum Support Price (MSP) ensure a remunerative and relatively stable price environment for farmers, contributing to the goal of doubling farmers’ income? Critically discuss. (15M, 250 words)
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Following two consecutive droughts in 2014-15 and 2015-16, the government aimed to double farmers’ incomes by 2022-23. The Ashok Dalwai Committee
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UPSC Mains – What is your understanding of the public distribution system? Discuss the limitations related to public procurement and the measures taken by the Government to enhance the procurement system. (15M, 250 words)
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The Indian Public Distribution System (PDS), initiated in June 1947, aims to distribute subsidized food and non-food items to the impoverished population
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UPSC Mains – How can the government promote organic farming as a sustainable and profitable alternative to conventional farming? What are the benefits and challenges of organic farming in India? (15M, 250 Words).
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Organic farming involves the use of natural inputs and processes to cultivate crops, excluding synthetic chemicals, genetically modified organisms, hormones
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UPSC Mains – Despite the diminishing contribution of agriculture and its related sectors to the national income in recent years, they persist as substantial sources of employment for a significant portion of the population. Provide a critical analysis. (15M, 250 words)
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Agriculture stands as a fundamental pillar of the Indian economy. Notwithstanding a continuous decline in the contribution of the agriculture
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UPSC Mains – Explore the intricate connections between changes in cropping patterns in India, evolving consumption habits, and shifting marketing conditions. (10M, 150 words)
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Cropping patterns, crucial for optimizing land use and productivity, are influenced by factors like climate, soil, water availability, market demand
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UPSC Mains – What are the goals and indicators of land reforms in India? Evaluate the effectiveness of the land ceiling policy in terms of landholding as an economic reform measure. (15M, 250 Words)
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Land reforms play a crucial role in India’s economic landscape, aiming to boost land productivity, alleviate poverty, distribute land ownership more equitably
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UPSC Mains – What do you understand about the Tax-GDP Ratio? How does a lower tax-to-GDP ratio affect a developing economy like India? What reform measures are required to improve it? Discuss.
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India has one direct taxpayer for every 16 voters, with only 1% of the population paying income tax. The Tax-GDP ratio, representing the proportion of tax
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UPSC Mains -The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was hailed as one of the most significant indirect tax reforms implemented in India since independence. Explain the performance of India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) during the last six years.
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GST, introduced on July 1, 2017, is a destination-based, value-added tax in India aimed at simplifying the tax structure and establishing a unified market.
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UPSC Mains – What recent challenges have emerged in the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO? Do the policies implemented at the WTO disproportionately affect the interests of emerging economies such as India?
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The dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is undergoing a crisis due to challenges in appointing new members to its Appellate Body