Rural Development
Write down any four steps taken by government for improving agricultural marketing system.
Following four steps have been taken by the government for improving argicultural marketing system:
1. Regulated markets have been established to remove most of the evils of unorganised market system.
2. The government has encouraged the formation of co-operative agricultural marketing societies so that farmers may get better price of their produce through collective sale.
3. The government has taken measures to develop infrastructural facilities like roads railways etc.
4. Electronic media and print-media are being widely used by the government to disseminate market information to the farmers particularly relating to price.
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Define agro-processing industries.
What are the alternative channels available for agricultural marketing ? Give some examples.
What are two types of purposes for which Indian farmers require credit?
Name the two categories of agricultural finance (credit) in India?
Who occupies the prime place in non-constitutional agricultural finance in India?
Name the policy instruments as measures initiated by the Government to improve the agricultural marketing system.
Define rural development?
Name the main sources of institutional agricultural finance in India.
Give two main weaknesses of institutional agricultural finance in India.
What do you mean by crop-loans?
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