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India’s GDP contracts by 7.3%

Part of: GS Prelims and GS -III – Economy 

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Important value additions 


Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP)

Part of: GS Prelims and GS -III – Economy 

In news

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Important value additions 

Horticultural crops include:

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ADB, India sign $10 million loan to support horticulture in Himachal Pradesh

Preventing Agro Brain Drain


AmbiTAG

Part of: GS Prelims and GS -III – Sci and Tech

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Maratha community brought under Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota 

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Polity and Governance 

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Miscellaneous

Place in news: Rwanda


 (Mains Focus)


INTERNATIONAL/ SOCIETY

Topic:

China’s Child Policy

Context: Days after China’s census data showed population growth slipping to its slowest rate since the 1950s, the country has announced it will now allow three children per married couple — five years after it first relaxed its controversial one-child policy to two.

China’s one-child policy, which had been enforced by then-leader Deng Xiaoping in 1980, had remained in place until 2016

How well did China’s one-child policy work?

Did relaxing the one-child policy help?

Why do many remain skeptical about the three-child policy?

Experts say relaxing limits on reproductive rights alone cannot go a long way in averting an unwanted demographic shift.

Q. Should India also adopt China’s method of controlling its population?


(TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE)


Model questions: (You can now post your answers in comment section)

Note:p

Q.1 Who releases data of national income in India?

  1. NSSO
  2. CSO
  3. NITI Aayog
  4. None of the following

Q.2 Which of the following does not come under horticulture crops?

  1. Vegetables roots
  2. Aromatic plants
  3. Potted ornamental plants
  4. Maize

Q.3 Consider the following statements regarding AmbiTag:

  1. Real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products
  2. It was recently developed by the scientists of the USA

Which of the above is or are correct? 

  1. 1 only 
  2. 2 only 
  3. Both 1 and 2 
  4. Neither 1 nor 2 

ANSWERS FOR 31st May 2021 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE (TYK)

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