Which one among the following is NOT included in the National Food Security Mission Commercial Crops (NFSM-CC)?
- (a)Cotton
- (b)Coffee
- (c)Jute
- (d)Sugar cane
Correct — B, Coffee. The National Food Security Mission's Commercial Crops wing (NFSM-CC) covers three crops — cotton, jute and sugarcane. Coffee is a plantation crop looked after by the Coffee Board under a separate arrangement, and it is not part of NFSM-CC, so coffee is the crop NOT included.
- (a)Cotton — Cotton is a fibre crop covered under the NFSM Commercial Crops programme, so it is included.
- (c)Jute — Jute is one of the three commercial crops supported under NFSM-CC, so it is included.
- (d)Sugar cane — Sugarcane is covered under NFSM Commercial Crops, so it too is part of the scheme.
The National Food Security Mission (NFSM), launched in 2007-08, works to raise the output and productivity of key crops. Beyond food grains, its Commercial Crops component (NFSM-CC) supports cotton, jute and sugarcane through improved technology and area-based interventions.
The trick is to separate NFSM crops from plantation crops. Cotton, jute and sugarcane are the three commercial crops inside NFSM-CC. Coffee, though commercially important, is a plantation crop managed by the Coffee Board, so it falls outside NFSM and is the odd one out.
- NFSM Commercial Crops covers cotton, jute and sugarcane.
- Coffee is a plantation crop under the Coffee Board, outside NFSM-CC.
- The NFSM was launched in 2007-08 to boost the production of key crops.
- Its original food-crop basket was rice, wheat and pulses, later widened to more crops.
- NFSM Commercial Crops means cotton, jute and sugarcane — not plantation crops.
- Coffee, tea and rubber are plantation crops under commodity boards, outside NFSM.
NFSM crops are tested as an odd-one-out item, placing a plantation crop among the scheme's commercial crops.
An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?
- (a) Rice and wheat only
- (b) Rice, wheat and pulses only
- (c) Rice, wheat, pulses and oilseeds only
- (d) Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables
Answer(b) Rice, wheat and pulses only
The same National Food Security Mission. UPSC asks about the original food-crop basket (rice, wheat, pulses); the NDA item asks about the newer NFSM Commercial Crops wing (cotton, jute, sugarcane — coffee excluded), so together they map the whole mission.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is a commercial crop covered under NFSM Commercial Crops?
- (a)Coffee
- (b)Tea
- (c)Jute
- (d)Rubber
Answer(c) Jute — cotton, jute and sugarcane form the NFSM Commercial Crops list.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Coffee production in India is promoted mainly by which body?
- (a)The Coffee Board
- (b)The Food Corporation of India
- (c)NAFED
- (d)The Tea Board
Answer(a) The Coffee Board — coffee is a plantation crop looked after by the Coffee Board.