UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 90
With what purpose is the Government of India promoting the concept of "Mega Food Parks" ?
- To provide good infrastructure facilities for the food processing industry.
- To increase the processing of perishable items and reduce wastage.
- To provide emerging and eco-friendly food processing technologies to entrepreneurs.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B
Explanation: The Mega Food Parks Scheme promoted shared food-processing infrastructure and cold-chain linkages to increase value addition and reduce post-harvest losses.
Statement / Item-wise Analysis:
1: Correct - Correct: parks supply modern common processing, storage and logistics infrastructure.
2: Correct - Correct: processing perishables and reducing waste are key goals.
3: Incorrect - Incorrect as a stated scheme objective: it did not promise provision of new eco-friendly processing technologies to individual entrepreneurs.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - omits supported item 2.
B: Correct - includes the supported statements and excludes the unsupported ones.
C: Incorrect - includes unsupported item 3; omits supported item 1.
D: Incorrect - includes unsupported item 3.