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Food Processing and Allied Sectors – UPSC GS3

This module of the GS Paper 3: Economy, Environment, S&T & Security course covers food processing, animal husbandry, dairy, fisheries and technology in agriculture. It has 3 study lessons and a 24-question practice quiz. Free lessons can be read in full; premium lessons show a preview.

Lessons in this module

1. Food Processing Industry: Scope, Location and Policy

Free 7 min

Food processing turns raw farm, livestock and fish produce into products with a longer shelf life and higher value. It works at three levels: primary: cleaning, grading, sorting and packing; secondary: milling, such as rice…

2. Animal Husbandry and Dairy: Economics and Policy

Premium 7 min

Growth: livestock has been the fastest-growing part of agriculture. Its GVA grew at about 8% a year (at constant prices) between 2014–15 and 2022–23 (Economic Survey). It now contributes about 30% of agriculture's GVA and…

3. Fisheries and the Blue Economy

Premium 7 min

Production: India is the world's third-largest fish producer and the second-largest aquaculture producer. Fish production reached about 195 lakh tonnes (19.5 million tonnes) in 2023–24. About 75% of it now comes from inland fisheries and…

 Module quiz: Food Processing and Allied Sectors (24 questions)

Maps & infographics in this module

Flowchart of the food processing value chain from upstream raw material supply through farm gate handling and processing to downstream logistics and markets
Weak links at either end reduce capacity utilisation of processing units.
Horizontal bar chart comparing the share of fruits and vegetables processed: about 10 percent in India against much higher levels in Brazil, Malaysia and the USA
Estimates vary by source, but India's processing level is clearly low. Values are indicative.
Organogram of MoFPI schemes: PM Kisan SAMPADA, PMFME, PLISFPI and regulatory linkage with FSSAI
The schemes cover infrastructure, micro enterprises and large firms respectively.
Bar chart of India's milk production rising from 17 million tonnes in 1950-51 to 22 in 1970-71, 54 in 1990-91, 122 in 2010-11 and 239 million tonnes in 2023-24
Operation Flood (from 1970) turned India into the world's largest milk producer by 1998.
Organogram of the Anand pattern three-tier dairy cooperative structure from village society to district union and state federation, supported by NDDB
Producers own and control each tier, so more of the consumer price returns to them.
Card diagram of major livestock diseases and government responses: foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, lumpy skin disease, avian influenza and African swine fever
Disease control raises productivity and protects human health under the One Health approach.

Frequently asked questions

Lessons: Food Processing Industry: Scope, Location and Policy; Animal Husbandry and Dairy: Economics and Policy; Fisheries and the Blue Economy.

Answer: 1988. 1988.

Answer: One District One Product. ODOP.

Answer: Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. FSS Act.

Answer: marine products. Marine.

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