RAS question
How many pulse farmers are expected to benefit from the Dalhan Aatmanirbharta Mission?
Correct answer: (C) Nearly 2 crore farmers.
Nearly 2 crore pulse farmers are expected to benefit from the Dalhan Aatmanirbharta Mission.
Explanation
The Dalhan Aatmanirbharta Mission is framed as a self-reliance push for pulses, with farmer benefit tied to three practical channels: guaranteed procurement, access to quality seeds, and stronger value-chain support. The cited PIB release states that nearly 2 crore farmers are expected to gain from these measures. It also explains why this estimate is linked to the mission design: procurement is meant to give pulse growers income security, certified seeds and free seed kits strengthen production, and post-harvest value-chain support improves the route from cultivation to market. That makes option C the precise figure, not just the closest large number.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 50 lakh farmers understates the beneficiary figure, because the PIB release gives the expected gain as nearly 2 crore farmers.
- (B) 1 crore farmers is still below the official estimate; the mission's expected reach is nearly 2 crore pulse farmers.
- (D) 3 crore farmers overstates the expected beneficiary count, which the PIB release places at nearly 2 crore.
Concept
This tests government schemes in agriculture, especially how procurement, seed support, and value-chain measures are used to raise farm income and domestic production. RAS repeatedly asks such figures because Rajasthan Economy and Indian Economy questions often turn on exact scheme targets and beneficiary counts.