QUESTION 16
GS3
15 marks
How can biotechnology help to improve the living standards of farmers?
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how biotechnology can raise farmers' incomes and living standards.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Crops: pest-resistant (Bt cotton), drought/flood tolerant varieties (Swarna Sub1), biofortified crops, GM mustard≈50 words
- 2Inputs: biofertilisers, biopesticides, tissue culture plants≈50 words
- 3Livestock and fish: vaccines, embryo transfer, breed improvement≈50 words
- 4Concerns: cost, resistance (pink bollworm), regulation, seed sovereignty≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
AreasIncome effectsConcernsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only Bt cotton
- No concerns
Draw this
- Table: tool → farmer benefit
Value addition
- ExampleSwarna-Sub1 rice survives about two weeks under water, protecting yields in flood-prone eastern India.IRRI / ICAR
- FactICAR released two genome-edited rice varieties (DRR Dhan 100 'Kamala' and Pusa DST Rice 1) in May 2025.ICAR
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
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