QUESTION 4
GS3
12.5 marks
Livestock rearing has a big potential for providing non-farm employment and income in rural areas. Discuss, suggesting suitable measures to promote this sector in India.
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9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss livestock's potential for rural non-farm jobs and income and suggest measures to develop it.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Potential: steady income, risk cover in drought, landless and women participation, dairy, poultry, fisheries, small ruminants; fast growth vs crops≈35 words
- 2Issues: low yield breeds, feed and fodder shortage, diseases (FMD, lumpy skin), weak veterinary network, poor cold chain and processing≈35 words
- 3Measures: breed improvement, vaccination, fodder banks, cooperatives, insurance, credit (KCC for animal husbandry), processing infrastructure≈35 words
- 4Schemes: Rashtriya Gokul Mission, NADCP, AHIDF≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Potential with dataConstraintsMeasuresSchemesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only discussing dairy
- Generic measures without naming schemes
Draw this
- Value chain: breed → feed → health → collection → processing → market
Value addition
- Data20th Livestock Census (2019): 535.78 million livestock.Department of Animal Husbandry, 2019
- DataIndia is the world's largest milk producer, at about 239 million tonnes in 2023-24.Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 7 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 32 ↗Same syllabus reference
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