The Mera Pani Meri Virasat scheme of Haryana encourages farmers to do which of the following?
- A.Replace paddy with maize, pulses, cotton or vegetables
- B.Replace wheat with mustard
- C.Take up fish farming in village ponds
- D.Install solar pumps in place of electric pumps
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, replace paddy with maize, pulses, cotton or vegetables. The scheme, begun in 2020, pays an incentive for every acre on which a farmer gives up paddy for a crop that needs less water, and adds free seed and help with sowing, because the water table under the paddy belt of Kurukshetra, Kaithal and the neighbouring districts has fallen very far.
Option B, replacing wheat with mustard, is not the aim of any such scheme, since wheat is the rabi crop of the state and is not the cause of the fall in groundwater. Option C, fish farming in village ponds, belongs to the fisheries schemes of the state and to the national fisheries mission. Option D, solar pumps, is the work of the solar pump subsidy under the national Kusum programme, which Haryana also runs; it saves electricity but does not change the crop. Keep the name with its purpose: my water, my inheritance, that is groundwater saved by giving up paddy.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Kurukshetra
- B.Panipat
- C.Rohtak
- D.Gurugram
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- A.Rs 3,000
- B.Rs 6,000
- C.Rs 12,000
- D.Rs 18,000
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- B.An eight digit family identity document used for scheme benefits
- C.A health insurance policy for farmers
- D.A land record certificate issued by the tehsildar
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- A.Rs 1 lakh
- B.Rs 2 lakh
- C.Rs 5 lakh
- D.Rs 10 lakh
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- A.Wheat and paddy
- B.Sugarcane and cotton
- C.Vegetables such as tomato, onion, potato and cauliflower
- D.Milk and milk products
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