The per capita foodgrains consumption:

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• With reference to the government's welfare schemes, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs. 2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice. 2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs. 75 per month as Central Pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Government 3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost. Which of these statements are correct? [IAS 2003]
• Which among the following is not correct with regard to Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana? 1. The case component of the programme is borne exclusively by the Central Government. 2. Foodgrains are provided free of cost to the States/Union Territories. Select the answer using the codes given below [NDA 2008]
• The Green Revolution has led to : 1. spurt in all foodgrains production 2. increase in regional inequalities 3. reduction in inter-personal inequalities within a region 4. good production in wheat
• NAFED is concerned with: 1. promotion of inter-state and export trade of farm produce 2. import of foodgrains for buffer stocking and public distribution 3. marketing of eggs and poultry' at national level 4. movement of consumer goods from surplus areas to scarcity areas
• Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given foodgrains in India? [IAS 2007]
• Buffer stocks of foodgrains have helped the Government to achieve all but one of the following:
• Consider the following statements: [IAS 2004] 1. Regarding the procurement of foodgrains, the Government of India follows a procurement target rather than an open-ended procurement policy 2. Government of India announces minimum support price only for cereals 3. For distribution under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)wheat and rice are issued by the Government of India at uniform central issue prices to the States/Union Territories Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
• An underdeveloped economy is generally characterised by : 1. Iow per capita income 2. Iow rate of capital formation 3. Iow dependency figure 4. working force largely in the tertiary sector
• Which of the following features indicate that Indian economy is of the developing category? I. Occupation mainly agricultural II. Chronic unemployment III. Poor quality of human capital IV. Low per capita intake of proteins
• The per capita income has been low in India because: