{"id":1014,"date":"2023-06-19T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:51","slug":"q-with-references-to-organic-farming-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-references-to-organic-farming-in-india-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With references to organic farming in India, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>\u2018The National Programme for Organic Production\u2019 (NPOP) is operated&nbsp;<strong>under the guidelines and directions of the Union Ministry of Rural Development.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority\u2019 (APEDA)<strong>&nbsp;functions as the Secretariat<\/strong>&nbsp;for the implementation of NPOP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sikkim has become India\u2019s first fully organic State.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ministry of Commerce<\/strong>\u00a0has implemented the\u00a0<strong>National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)<\/strong>\u00a0since 2001. The objectives of NPOP are as under:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To provide the means of&nbsp;<strong>evaluation of certification programme<\/strong>&nbsp;for organic agriculture and products (including wild harvest, aquaculture, livestock products) as per the approved criteria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To&nbsp;<strong>accredit&nbsp;<\/strong>certification programmes of Certification Bodies seeking accreditation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To&nbsp;<strong>facilitate certification of organic products&nbsp;<\/strong>in conformity with the prescribed standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To facilitate certification of organic products in conformity with the importing countries organic standards as per equivalence agreement between the two countries or as per importing country requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To&nbsp;<strong>encourage<\/strong>&nbsp;the development of organic farming and organic processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority\u2019 (<strong>APEDA) is the implementation agency of NPOP.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sikkim has become India\u2019s first fully organic State.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_ebec27-b9 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_ebec27-b9 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_ebec27-b9\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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