Notes and Study material for Exams
Concept of Organic Farming, seed certification Organic farming is an alternative agricultural system which originated early in the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing Farming practices. Organic farming continues to be developed by various organic agriculture organizations today. It relies on Fertilizers of organic origin such as Compost Manure, green manure, and … Read more
Alternative policy initiatives in agricultural Marketing More than three-fifths of India’s Population draws their livelihood from agriculture that adds just one-fifth to its GDP. There should be obvious serious concerns about efficient functioning of this sector both in terms of its output / productivity and its marketing. While output and productivity are supply … Read more
Agroecology Agroecology Shares much in common with other approaches to sustainable farming. Agroecology is farming that “centers on food production that makes the best use of nature’s goods and Services while not damaging these Resources.” Farming thrives when it works with local Ecosystems, for example, improving Soil and plant quality through available Biodiversity, … Read more
Agro Food Processing: Forming village clusters and establishing Food Storage, Food Processing Industry is of enormous significance for India’s development because of the vital linkages and synergies that it promotes between the two pillars of the economy, namely Industry and agriculture. India is world’s second largest producer of food and has the potential … Read more
agriculture in India plays a pivotal role in providing livelihood, ensuring Food Security, reducing POVERTY and sustaining Growth. Overview of Agriculture Sector in India Agriculture & GVA: India is witnessing a general decline in share of agriculture in Gross Value Added (GVA). However, growth rate of agriculture & allied sectors have been fluctuating … Read more
National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) are one of the important instruments of National Manufacturing Policy, 2011. NIMZs are envisaged as large areas of developed land with the requisite ecosystem for promoting world class manufacturing activity. So far, three NIMZs namely Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Sangareddy (Telangana) and … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> (IDA) The (IDA) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1960 to complement the … Read more
MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER Resources The Central Government shall, on and from the appointed day, constitute an Apex Council for the supervision of the functioning of the Godavari River Management Board and Krishna River Management Board. The Apex Council shall consist of: (a) Minister of Water Resources, Government of India—Chairperson … Read more
RTI and its impact on Official Secrets Act Right To Information act 2005 “An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote Transparency and Accountability in the working of every public … Read more
Farming Systems and sustainability Nature is dynamic. It causes inheritable changes in all living organisms. For thousands of years, farmer around the world have been selecting and conserving varieties of different crop Plants that they cultivated. This process has generated a rich wealth of varieties in each crop plant, seen to be most … Read more