SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 16 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 19 of 75

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What is the primary aim of TIES?

(a)Export infra development
(b)Cold storage for dairy
(c)PMFBY support
(d)Drug pricing regulation

Answer

Why

Correct — A. TIES is the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme of the Department of Commerce, implemented from FY 2017-18.

It assists Central and State Government agencies in creating infrastructure for the growth of exports: border haats, land customs stations, testing and certification labs, cold chains, dry ports and similar projects.

Its stated objective is to enhance export competitiveness by bridging gaps in export infrastructure.

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Cold storage for dairy — Cold chains can be funded under TIES, but only as export infrastructure. Cold storage for dairy as a goal in itself is a farm-sector aim, not the scheme's purpose of closing export-infrastructure gaps.
(c)
PMFBY support — PMFBY, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, is crop insurance for farmers. TIES funds export infrastructure and has no link to crop insurance.
(d)
Drug pricing regulation — Drug pricing is controlled by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order. That is price regulation, not an infrastructure scheme.

Concept

TIES replaced ASIDE, the earlier scheme of assistance to States for export infrastructure. It pays grant-in-aid to eligible agencies, including Export Promotion Councils, Commodities Boards, SEZ Authorities and recognised Apex Trade Bodies.

Its guidelines cover projects with strong export linkages, such as border haats, land customs stations, quality testing and certification labs, and cold chains.

Dry ports, trade promotion centres, export warehousing and packaging, and cargo terminals at ports and airports also qualify. So does first-mile and last-mile connectivity for exports.

Cold chains really are on the TIES list, so the dairy option is not absurd. It fails because it names a farm-sector storage aim rather than the scheme's export purpose.

Key facts

TIES is the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme of the Department of Commerce, implemented from FY 2017-18.
TIES replaced ASIDE, the earlier scheme of assistance to States for export infrastructure.
Its objective is to enhance export competitiveness by bridging gaps in export infrastructure.
Eligible projects include border haats, land customs stations, testing labs, cold chains and dry ports.

Study next

Export promotion bodies: Export Promotion Councils and Commodities BoardsPMFBY: farmer premium rates and coverageThe NPPA and the Drugs (Prices Control) Order

Common traps

Reading cold storage as the aim because cold chains appear on the TIES list of eligible projects.
Guessing from the acronym instead of expanding it: the E in TIES stands for Export.

The stem gives only an acronym, so the task is to expand it. The options then split into one export scheme and three unrelated sectors.

PMFBY's premium cap is asked at 17 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q.20 (keyed: 2% for kharif crops), and PMFBY is the odd one out beside NSWS, LEADS and Gati Shakti at 18 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.20.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

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