Arrange the following in a sequence starting with the earliest to later:
(A) Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
(B) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
(C) Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
(D) National Co-operative Development Corporation.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
Each body or scheme is placed by the year it was set up or launched.
(C) Indian Council of Agricultural Research — 16 July 1929. It was set up as the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research on the advice of the Royal Commission on Agriculture, and took its present name after independence.
(D) National Co-operative Development Corporation — set up under the NCDC Act of 1962 (working from March 1963) to plan and finance co-operatives in farming and allied fields.
(B) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana — the crop insurance scheme launched in 2016 (from the kharif season of 2016), which replaced the earlier crop insurance schemes.
(A) Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana — the scheme for the fisheries sector announced in May 2020 and launched on 10 September 2020.