With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensi

With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and microirrigation equipment.

1 only

2 and 3 only

2 only

1, 2 and 3

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UPSC IAS – 2016

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Statement 2 is correct. Poor, small, marginal, and tribal farmers are the primary beneficiaries and have a larger stake in schemes promoting millets, as millets are often grown in rain-fed, less fertile areas where these communities are prevalent. Statement 1, while containing elements often found in such schemes (demonstration, value addition, cluster approach), might be considered less precise or defining than Statement 2 in the context of this specific scheme’s core focus or uniqueness compared to other agricultural initiatives. Statement 3 is incorrect; the scheme provided financial assistance for critical inputs and technology adoption, but did not specifically aim to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millets by offering free kits, which is an overstatement of the scheme’s incentives and objectives.

The Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion (INSIMP) was launched under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) primarily targeting small, marginal, and tribal farmers in rain-fed areas to promote millet cultivation for nutritional security and climate resilience.

INSIMP aimed to increase millet production and productivity through improved technologies, input support, and value addition. While demonstrations and a cluster approach were part of the strategy, the emphasis on benefiting vulnerable farmer groups and promoting millets as nutri-cereals for nutritional security was a key aspect. The scheme did provide subsidies for inputs, but not in the form of “free kits” specifically to induce a shift from commercial crops, which was not the primary objective.

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