What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in relation to agricultural subsidies.
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Farm Subsidies, MSP & PDS → GS-III
6 questions • Years 2013–2023
6
Questions
6
Years
Number of questions asked each year
What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in relation to agricultural subsidies.
What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low income trap?
How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity, and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price, and food processing for small and marginal farmers?
Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
In what way could replacement of price subsidy with Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss.
What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and at state levels? Critically analyse the agricultural subsidy regime with reference to the distortions created by it.
6 questions on this subtopic have appeared from 2013 to 2023.
Questions appeared in: 2023 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2013 (1).