Agricultural Schemes & PM Kisan — Set 3
Indian Agriculture · कृषि योजनाएं और PM किसान · Questions 21–30 of 80
PM Kisan MaanDhan Yojana is a pension scheme for farmers. What is the monthly pension amount at the age of 60?
Correct Answer: C. ₹3,000 per month
PM Kisan MaanDhan Yojana provides a monthly pension of ₹3,000 to small and marginal farmers upon attaining the age of 60 years. The scheme was launched on September 12, 2019, and is a voluntary contributory pension scheme. Farmers between 18-40 years of age can enroll, and the government makes a matching contribution equal to the farmer's contribution.
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) was established with a corpus of how much amount?
Correct Answer: C. ₹1 lakh crore
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) was launched in August 2020 with a financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore to support post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets. The fund provides medium to long-term debt financing with interest subvention of 3% per annum. It aims to create infrastructure for primary agricultural processing and post-harvest management to reduce wastage and increase farmers' income.
PM Matsya Sampada Yojana is related to the development of which sector?
Correct Answer: B. Fisheries development
PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) was launched in September 2020 to bring about the Blue Revolution in fisheries through sustainable and responsible development. With an investment of ₹20,050 crore, it is the largest investment ever in the fisheries sector in India. The scheme aims to double fishers' incomes, increase fish production to 22 million tonnes by 2024-25, and reduce post-harvest losses.
What does PM-AASHA stand for in Indian agricultural policy?
Correct Answer: B. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan
PM-AASHA stands for Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan, launched in September 2018 to ensure that farmers get remunerative prices for their produce. It is an umbrella scheme comprising three sub-schemes: Price Support Scheme (PSS), Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS), and Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme (PPPS). The scheme covers oilseeds, pulses, and copra.
MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture) is focused on which agricultural sector?
Correct Answer: B. Horticulture including fruits, vegetables, and flowers
MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2014-15 to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector including fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa, and bamboo. It integrates earlier schemes like National Horticulture Mission, Horticulture Mission for NE and Himalayan States, and National Bamboo Mission. MIDH provides financial assistance to various stakeholders for horticulture development.
The Namo Drone Didi scheme provides drones to which category of beneficiaries?
Correct Answer: B. Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
The Namo Drone Didi scheme was launched to provide drones to women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for providing drone services to farmers for agricultural activities like spraying of fertilizers and pesticides. The scheme aims to empower women farmers and SHGs by making them drone pilots and service providers. It will benefit approximately 15,000 selected women SHGs across India.
PM-KUSUM (PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) aims to provide which technology to farmers?
Correct Answer: B. Solar pumps and solar power plants
PM-KUSUM was launched in 2019 to promote the use of solar energy in the agriculture sector and reduce dependence on diesel for irrigation. The scheme has three components: installation of solar pumps, solarization of existing grid-connected agriculture pumps, and setting up grid-connected solar power plants. It aims to add 30.8 GW of solar capacity and provide 20 lakh standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps to farmers.
Government of India has set a target to form how many Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) by 2027-28?
Correct Answer: C. 10,000 FPOs
The Government of India has set an ambitious target to form 10,000 new FPOs (Farmer Producer Organisations) by 2027-28 with a total budgetary outlay of ₹6,865 crore. FPOs are collective bodies of farmers that help them collectively bargain for better prices for inputs and outputs. The initiative was announced in the Union Budget 2019-20 to double farmers' income and strengthen agricultural value chains.
AgriStack is a digital public infrastructure initiative. Which document serves as the foundational ID for farmers in AgriStack?
Correct Answer: B. Farmers' Unique ID (Farmer ID)
AgriStack is India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for agriculture that provides a unique Farmer ID (Farmers' Registry) as the foundational identifier linking all agricultural data and benefits. The Farmer ID helps in convergence of various government schemes and digital services. It links land records, Aadhaar, and farm details to enable targeted delivery of benefits and services to farmers.
AIBP (Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme) was launched to achieve what objective?
Correct Answer: B. Fast-track completion of stalled major and medium irrigation projects
AIBP (Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme) was launched in 1996-97 to provide loan assistance to states to help complete incomplete major and medium irrigation projects quickly and create additional irrigation potential. It was later merged into PMKSY in 2015. The programme has helped bring millions of hectares of additional land under irrigation coverage.