The Mera Pani Meri Virasat scheme of Haryana, launched in 2020, is aimed at
- A.providing free electricity to all farmers
- B.encouraging farmers to shift land out of paddy to conserve groundwater
- C.insuring crops against hailstorm damage
- D.linking every village to a canal
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, encouraging farmers to shift land out of paddy to conserve groundwater. Launched in 2020, Mera Pani Meri Virasat offers an incentive per acre to farmers in blocks where groundwater has fallen sharply if they replace water-hungry paddy with crops such as maize, pulses, cotton or vegetables, or take up agroforestry; the aim is crop diversification to save the aquifer. Option A, free electricity to all farmers, describes power subsidy policy, which is a different instrument and is not what this scheme does. Option C, insurance against hailstorm damage, is the work of crop insurance and of the state's compensation portal, while price protection for notified vegetables is the separate Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana of 2018. Option D, canal connectivity, is irrigation infrastructure. Pair the scheme with the word groundwater and the answer is secure.
Read the full article: Economy and State Budget of Haryana: Facts and Articles
Practice Questions
View allWhich sector contributes the largest share to the gross state value added of Haryana?
- A.Agriculture
- B.Mining and quarrying
- C.Industry
- D.Services
Show answer
As in India as a whole, the services sector, which covers trade, transport, real estate, finance, information technology and public administration, contributes the largest share of Haryana's gross state value added, and the corporate and information technology economy of Gurugram is a large part of it.
Read the full explanation →Which city is Haryana's main information technology and corporate hub and its largest contributor of state revenue?
- A.Gurugram
- B.Ambala
- C.Karnal
- D.Hisar
Show answer
Lying in the National Capital Region next to Delhi, Gurugram holds the state's largest concentration of information technology and business process management firms, corporate head offices, malls and high-value real estate, and it also has car manufacturing, so it yields the biggest share of the state's goods and services tax…
Read the full explanation →Panipat in Haryana is best known for which traditional industry?
- A.Plywood and paper
- B.Handloom and textile furnishings
- C.Brassware
- D.Footwear and ceramics
Show answer
Panipat is called the city of weavers and is a national centre for handloom products such as blankets, carpets, durries and furnishings, much of it made from recycled yarn, and the trade grew after refugee weavers settled there following Partition.
Read the full explanation →The Panipat refinery located in Haryana belongs to which public sector company?
- A.Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
- B.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- C.Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- D.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Show answer
The Panipat refinery, commissioned in 1998, is an Indian Oil refinery and is the only refinery in Haryana; a naphtha cracker and petrochemical complex were later built alongside it, which makes Panipat an energy and petrochemical centre as well as a textile town.
Read the full explanation →The Annual Financial Statement of a state, that is the state budget, is laid before the legislature under which Article of the Constitution?
- A.Article 112
- B.Article 199
- C.Article 202
- D.Article 266
Show answer
Article 202 requires the Governor to cause the Annual Financial Statement, the estimated receipts and expenditure of the state for a financial year, to be laid before the House or Houses of the legislature, and this statement is what is called the budget of Haryana.
Read the full explanation →