Questions

The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve

•convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level,

•expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani),

•improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water,

•enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop),

•enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.

India ranks 100th(last year 97thposition) out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index which is published by International Food Research Institute.India has “serious” hunger problems, and has third highest score in all of Asia.

The Agreement   on   Trade-Related Aspects   of   Intellectual   Property Rights(TRIPS)   is   an international legal   agreement between   all   the member    nations    of    the World Trade  Organization(WTO).  It  sets down  minimum  standards  for  the regulation by national governments of    many    forms    of intellectual property(IP) as applied to nationals  of  other  WTO  member nations.TRIPS  was  negotiated  at the  end  of  the  Uruguay  Round  of the General  Agreement  on  Tariffs and  Trade  (GATT)  in  1994  and  is administered by the WTO