Nutritional security
Nutritional security is a Economy concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2018, 2024). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालीलपैकी कोणते/कोणती विधाने हरितक्रांती संबंधी बरोबर आहे ? Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Green Revolution ?
(a)तांदूळ व गहू या सारखी तृणधान्ये उत्पादनावर भर होता. / There was emphasis mainly on cereals like rice and wheat.
(b)कडधान्ये, फळे आणि भाजीपाला/उत्पादनात घट. / There was a loss of productivity of pulses, fruits and vegetables.
(c)कडधान्ये, फळे व भाजीपाला उत्पादनावर भर. / There was emphasis mainly on pulses, fruits and vegetables cultivation.
(d)वर्षामागून वर्षे जमिनीच्या सुपीकतेत हळू हळू घट. / There was a gradual decrease in soil fertility year after year.
The first Green Revolution focused heavily on cereals like rice and wheat, leading to a decline in pulses and vegetables, and caused long-term soil fertility reduction.
अन्नसुरक्षा मध्ये खालील अवस्थांचा समावेश होतो : Food security includes following stages :
(a)सर्वांना पर्याप्त मात्रेत अन्नधान्य उपलब्ध होणे. / Adequate availability of food grains to all.
(b)सर्वाना अन्नधान्य व दाळी पर्याप्त मात्रेत उपलब्ध होणे. / Adequate availability of food grains and pulses to all.
(c)सर्वाना अन्नधान्य, दाळी, दूध व भाजीपाला पर्याप्त मात्रेत उपलब्ध होणे. / Adequate availability of food grains, pulses, milk and vegetables to all.
(d)सर्वाना अन्नधान्य, दाळी, दुधाचे पदार्थ, भाजीपाला, फळे, मांस, मासे इ. पर्याप्त मात्रेत उपलब्ध होणे. / Adequate availability of food grains, pulses, milk products, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish etc.
Comprehensive food security encompasses not just basic food grains and pulses, but nutritional security including milk, vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish in adequate quantities for all.
अलोकीडेच ओडिशाच्या मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी, मुख्यमंत्री संपूर्ण पुष्टी योजना सुरू केली आहे. या योजनेचे/ची प्राथमिक उद्दिष्ट/ष्ट्ये कोणती ? / Recently, Odisha Chief Minister has launched Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana. What is/are the primary objective/s of the scheme ?
(a)मुलींच्या उच्च शिक्षणाला चालना देणे. / To promote higher education for girls.
(b)राज्यातील माता आणि बालकांच्या पोषणामध्ये सुधारणा करणे. / Improve maternal and child nutrition in the State.
(c)किशोरावयीन मुलींना रोजगाराच्या संधी उपलब्ध करून देणे. / To provide employment opportunities for adolescent girls.
(d)ग्रामीण भागात कृषी उत्पादन वाढवणे. / Boosting agricultural production in rural area.
Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana was launched by the Odisha government to address malnutrition among mothers, adolescent girls, and children in the state.