NABARD Current Affairs Quiz: 2 November 2026

Projects and initiatives of this value are being inaugurated and launched in the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim to strengthen dairy development and livestock infrastructure, and they include a microbiology laboratory for the Sikkim Milk Union, new dairy cooperative societies, a traceability initiative for Churpi cheese and the promotion…

That is the window for the rabi edition of the campaign, which carries soil health and sustainable agriculture as its subject and the tagline Swasth Dhara, Samriddh Kisan.

The cluster rests on ecologically healthy fish farming that avoids harmful chemicals, antibiotics and pesticides, with special emphasis on Amur carp, Indian Major Carps and trout.

The first edition of the conference began at the JD Convention Centre in that city and runs from 2 to 4 November, drawing scientists, policymakers, agricultural institutions and industry to discuss maize research, productivity and value chain development.

Initiatives for the establishment of 57 new Dairy Cooperative Societies are being launched in Sikkim under White Revolution 2.0, and registration certificates are being given to five societies that have just been registered.

The campaign reaches thirty four States and Union Territories, along with more than seven hundred districts and fifty thousand villages, and aims to touch about fifty lakh farmers through coordinated field activity.

The projects inaugurated under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana include critical fisheries infrastructure such as hatcheries, feed mills and cold storage facilities, along with production technologies like Biofloc and the Recirculatory Aquaculture System, and are meant to strengthen links across the fisheries value chain.

Dr M. L. Jat, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, congratulated the maize research community on production reaching about 55 million tonnes with sizeable productivity gains over the past decade, and then set out the next goal…

A special project worth Rs 2,763.92 lakh has been sanctioned for the development and conservation of the indigenous Siri cattle breed in Sikkim, which comes on top of the Rs 7,093.99 lakh released for the state under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission since 2014.

Under balanced nutrient management, the campaign promotes General Fertiliser Recommendations together with the 4R principle, which means applying fertiliser from the right source, at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place, so that the nutrient supply matches what the rabi crop needs.

Sikkim has taken what the ministry called a pioneering step on market linkages by agreeing with the ITBP on institutional purchase of locally produced Rainbow Trout.

Dr M. L. Jat proposed expanding the traditional four-part vision of food, feed, fodder and fuel by placing farmers at the centre, stressing that research and extension must translate into higher farm profitability and improved livelihoods rather than remaining confined to laboratories.

Sikkim recorded milk production of roughly 89.35 thousand metric tonnes during 2024-25, and per capita milk availability in the state worked out to around 352 grams per day, which is why Sikkim is described as having played a significant part in dairy development in the North Eastern Region.

The government has adopted a cluster-based approach for integrated development of the fisheries value chain, and this many production and processing clusters have been notified across the country, among them organic fisheries clusters in Sikkim and Meghalaya.