Consider the following : 1. Areca nut 2. Barley 3. Coffee 4. Finger millet 5. Groundnut 6. Sesamum 7. Turmeric The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has announced the Minimum Support Price for which of the above ?
- (a) 1, 2, 3 and 7 only
- (b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only
- (d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
Why the answer is (b)
• The CCEA announces MSPs for 22 mandated crops plus fair and remunerative price for sugarcane, on CACP recommendation: 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, ragi/finger millet), 5 pulses, 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soybean, sesamum, sunflower, safflower, niger) and 3 commercial crops (cotton, jute, copra).
• Barley (2), finger millet (4), groundnut (5) and sesamum (6) are on this list.
• Areca nut (1), coffee (3) and turmeric (7) have no MSP; they are covered by commodity boards or market intervention.
• Hence 2, 4, 5 and 6 only, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1, 2, 3 and 7 only
- Areca nut, coffee and turmeric have no MSP.
- (c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only
- Areca nut and coffee have no MSP; barley does.
- (d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
- Areca nut, coffee and turmeric are not MSP crops.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2018, held on 3 June 2018. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.