NABARD Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 2–8 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.

The initiative was launched at a programme of the Sikkim Milk Union in Gangtok, where the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also inaugurated the Union's microbiology laboratory and the launch of Fodder Plus products made by farmer producer organisations.

The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management sits in that city and is an autonomous organisation working under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, set up to strengthen the agricultural extension system of the country.

The Government of India doubled the target quantity of rice to be sold through e-auctions under OMSS (D) for 2026-27, from 25 LMT to 50 LMT.

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and ICAR-NIVEDI organised VAJRA-SAT in Bengaluru on 4 and 5 November 2026 to test how India would detect, confirm and contain this serotype, which has not been reported in the country but has spread from Africa to parts of West Asia.

The 13th Governing Body meeting of the National Fisheries Development Board took place on 5 November 2026 at the Padma Shri Dr. Ayyappan Conference Hall in the Board's own premises in Hyderabad, and it was chaired by Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh.

The figure was cited when Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh released the minimum standard protocol for pig semen production and artificial insemination in Sikkim on 2 November 2026.

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…

Recalling a visit to Mangan, where local cattle give an average of about three litres of milk a day, the Minister announced that central funds would be sanctioned for a Centre of Excellence devoted to the conservation and development of the indigenous Siri breed, using advanced breeding technologies including IVF…

Its Secretary, Smt Debashree Mukherjee, presented the Certificate of Recognition at a ceremony in Kaushal Bhawan at New Delhi, and the recognition is valid for three years.

The order directs traders and wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors or millers in every State and Union Territory to disclose their rice and paddy stocks every Friday on the Food Stock Portal, under six categories: Basmati rice, non-Basmati premium rice, non-Basmati rice, parboiled rice, broken rice and paddy.

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying ran VAJRA-SAT in coordination with this institute, and its Director, Dr. Baldev R. Gulati, spoke on the changing epidemiological picture of FMD SAT-1 and on risk-based surveillance and early warning.

Chairing the 13th Governing Body meeting of NFDB in Hyderabad on 5 November 2026, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh pointed out that fish production has grown from 141.64 lakh tonnes in 2019-20 to 197.75 lakh tonnes, and asked for still higher production and productivity with measurable outcomes guiding the Board's…

Pigs are reared in every agro-climatic zone of India, but the North-East is described as the heartland of pig farming and holds nearly 45% of the national pig population.

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.

The Minister said milk production in the State had risen by that proportion over the decade, from 1.37 lakh litres a day to 2.45 lakh litres a day, while the number of dairy cooperative societies had grown by 88 per cent, from 389 in 2014-15 to 733 in 2025-26, and…

The institute was set up in that year with the purpose of strengthening the agricultural extension system of the country, and it has since worked on building the capacity of extension functionaries, promoting new approaches in extension and helping entrepreneurship grow in agriculture.

The Government of India conveyed its concurrence, through a communication dated 6 November 2026, to five southern states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

The theme sums up the three stages that the 83 participants from 25 States, three Union Territories and national institutions worked through in simulated outbreak scenarios: early detection of the disease, quick confirmation in the laboratory, and joint containment through movement control, emergency vaccination readiness, risk communication and coordination among…

He chaired the meeting in Hyderabad and asked NFDB to reach fish farmers at the last mile, finish projects on time and give focused support to North-Eastern and inland States.

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh released the publication 'Minimum Standard Protocol for Semen Production and Standard Operating Procedures for Artificial Insemination using Liquid Semen in Pigs' on 2 November 2026 during his two-day visit to Sikkim; the ministry made the announcement…