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Which of the following is NOT a focus area of the National Mission on High Yielding Seeds?

Correct answer: (D) Space technology.

Space technology is not a focus area of the National Mission on High Yielding Seeds.

  1. (A)

    Food security

  2. (B)

    Sustainable farming

  3. (C)

    Climate adaptation

  4. (D)

    Space technology

Explanation

The National Mission on High Yielding Seeds is an agriculture measure, not a space-technology programme. The PIB summary of Union Budget 2025-26 says the mission is meant to strengthen the research ecosystem and support the targeted development, propagation, and commercial availability of high-yielding seeds, including seeds with pest resistance and climate resilience. Food security, sustainable farming, crop diversity, and climate adaptation all relate to better seed systems and agricultural resilience. Space technology does not fit this mission’s sectoral scope, so it is the odd option.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Food security is linked to the mission because high-yielding, resilient seeds are part of the stated agricultural focus behind improving output and reliability.
  • (B) Sustainable farming fits the mission’s seed-focused scope, especially its emphasis on pest resistance and climate resilience.
  • (C) Climate adaptation is within the mission’s scope because the PIB summary explicitly mentions climate-resilient high-yielding seeds.

Concept

This tests Union Budget agriculture initiatives and the ability to separate a scheme’s stated sectoral focus from unrelated policy areas. Such questions recur in RAS because budget schemes often appear as direct fact-based economy items.

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