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QUESTION 3
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10 marks

Describe the various Technology Missions initiated in Indian agriculture and examine their role in food security.

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What the examiner wants

Identify mission-mode agricultural interventions and link each to production, processing, diversification or resilience outcomes relevant to food security.

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Demand-wise check

  1. 1Classify major Technology Missions by commodity/technology objective≈35 words
  2. 2Explain their contribution to availability, productivity, diversification or post-harvest outcomes≈35 words
  3. 3Assess limits such as regional concentration, sustainability or nutrition mismatch≈35 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

MissionInterventionFood-security contributionLimitation

Where marks usually go

  • Listing mission names with no mechanism
  • Treating food security only as cereal output

Value addition

  • Mission-to-food-security matrix
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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