{"id":5338,"date":"2020-01-01T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T10:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5338"},"modified":"2020-01-01T16:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T10:47:45","slug":"overview-of-agro-based-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/overview-of-agro-based-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Agro-based Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India\u2019s 54.6 per cent population is still engaged in agriculture and allied activities. Low income from the primary farm produce and lack of investment in the processing and agri \u2013 value chain has caused rapid reduction in farm profits and the farm occupation has now come under severe pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agro-based Industry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agro-industry encompasses not only the activities that utilize raw materials sourced from agriculture, but also those provide input for modern agronomic practices.<br \/>\n\u2022 Based on the input-output linkages and the interdependence between agriculture and industry, agroindustries can be of two types- (a) processing industries or agro-based industries and (b) input supply industries or agro-industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why Promote Agro-Based Industries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India has the world\u2019s 10th largest arable land, 20 agro-climatic regions and 15 major climates. The harvest and post-harvest losses for agriculture commodities are very high.<br \/>\n\u2022 The total estimated economic value of quantitative loss was found to be Rs. 92651 crore at average annual prices of 2014.<br \/>\n\u2022 There is opportunity of an overall growth of agricultural economy as only 2 to 3 percent of agri-commodities are processed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Government Initiatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(a) Food Processing and Beverages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ministry of Food Processing Industries implements various Central Sector Scheme to boost food-processing industries. It has recently re-structured its schemes under the new Central Sector Scheme \u2013 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna (PMKSY).<br \/>\n\u2022 The scheme components include setting up of (a) Mega Park (b) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (c) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure (d) Human Resources Development and Institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(b) Textiles Industries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Government has rolled out a number of initiatives. These include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Scheme for Integrated Textiles Park, Integrated Processing Development Scheme, Group Workshed Scheme, Common Facility Centre and Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme, Scheme for the Development of the power loom Sector (Power Tex),<br \/>\n\u2022 SAMARTH \u2013 The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector (SCBTS), Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS, Rebate of State and Centre Taxes and Levies (ROSCTL) etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(c) Jute Industry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Govt. has attempting to modernize the jute mills by increasing their productivity and bringing in modern technology and equipment.<br \/>\n\u2022 National Jute Board\u2019s Schematic interventions, providing capital subsidy to jute mills to address their issues and challenges at hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(d) Khadi and Village Industry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ministry of MSME\u2019s Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) promotes setting up of various post-harvest agro and food based micro industries like processing of pulse, cereals etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 Through Prime Minister\u2019s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), KVIC tries to generate self-employment opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The inherent advantages of agri-industries are optimal utilization of local agri-resources, mobilization of investment on a large scale, creation of job opportunity, prevention of distress rural-urban migration and reduction of disparity across sectors and regions.<br \/>\n\u2022 Agri-based industries confirm to the notion of competitive advantage both within and outside the country. They can play a role of a safety valve to absorb surplus rural labour and can address the problem of large scale unemployment\/disguised employment in rural areas.<br \/>\n\u2022 The challenge here is how effectively the government implements its schemes and policy<br \/>\ninterventions so as to ensure an all \u2013 round industrial growth in rural areas without undermining the identity of village, its socio \u2013 economic structure, agri-production systems and the basic agri-manufacturing characteristics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Economy Context: India\u2019s 54.6 per cent population is still engaged in agriculture and allied activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,42,43],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-5338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-general-studies-iii-technology-economic-development-bio-diversity-environment-security-and-disaster-management","category-indian-economy","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5339,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions\/5339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}