GS-III: Economy, Environment, S&T

Agricultural export framework

Not met yet — counts as met once you answer a question on it.

Covers the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 1986, the Agriculture Export Policy 2018, Geographical Indication registration under Geographical Indications of Goods Act 1999, and the sanitary and phytosanitary conditions destination markets impose, including maximum residue levels and farm-to-shipment traceability. It also covers the instruments used to restrict exports — minimum export prices, export duties and outright bans — and the trade-off between export earnings and domestic price stability those instruments are meant to manage, including WTO's Agreement on these issues. Helps understand how a commodity can be export-competitive and non-compliant at the same time.