With reference to ‘Initiative for nutritional security through intensive millets promotions’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner with cluster approach.
- Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
- An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro irrigation equipment.
Select the correct answer using the above
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statements 1 and 2 are correct
- Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion (INSIMP) – was launched in 2011-12 with aim to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies in an integrated manner.
- It was as a sub scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and later on merged as component of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) as NFSM-Coarse Cereals from 2014-15.
- Poor, small, marginal, and tribal farmers have a larger stake in this scheme.
Statement 3 is incorrect
- The initiative had no such provisions to encourage farmers growing commercial crops to transition to millet cultivation.
