Environment and Ecology
2018
Sustainable Development
Agriculture and Environment
With references to organic farming in India, consider the following statements:
- The National Programme for Organic Production’ (NPOP) is operated under the guidelines and directions of the Union ministry of Rural Development.
- ‘The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’ (APEDA), functions the Secretariat for the implementation of NPOP.
- Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
C.3 only
B.2 and 3 only
D.1,2 and 3
A.1 and 2 only
Correct Answer: Option B
The National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) is implemented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, not the Ministry of Rural Development.
APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) functions as the Secretariat for the implementation of NPOP.
Sikkim officially announced the adoption of organic farming in 2003 and became India's first fully organic state.
Statement 1 is not correct. Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Hence, only statements 2 and 3 are correct.
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