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Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said that the Union Agriculture Ministry’s Participatory Guarantee Scheme (PGS) willincentivize more farmers to grow organic food. Consider the following statements about the PGS:
- It is a process of certifying organic products, which ensures that their production takes place in accordance with laid-down quality standards.
- According to the government’s 2015 PGS manual, guiding principles of PGS in India is based in India is based on 3 pillars, viz. participatory approach, transparency and trust.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
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Only 1
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B |
Only 2
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Both 1 and 2
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Neither 1 nor 2
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Your Ans is
Right ans is A
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Explanation :
- The PGS is an internationally applicable organic quality assurance system, implemented and controlled by the committed organic farmer-producers through active participation, along with the consumers, in the process based on verifiable trust.
- Four pillars of PGS: The government’s 2015 PGS manual underlines that the system in India is based on -participatory approach, a shared vision, transparency and trust.
- The PGS Organic India Council was set up after a consultation process in 2006. It functioned as an informal coalition of Voluntary Organizations or NGOs committed to the promotion of organic food production for domestic consumption in India, with export not being a priority at all.
- In April 2011, it was formally registered as a society in Goa as Participatory Guarantee Systems Organic Council (PGSOC).
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