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India the Second Largest Producer of Fruits and Vegetables India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world.   Fruits with 74.877 million metric tonnes production and  Vegetables with 146.554 million metric tonnes production of for the year 2010-11.  The cumulative wastages in fruits and vegetables is estimated 5.8% to 18%.  As per st udy by t he Centra l Institute for Post H arvest En gineering & Techno logy, Ludhiana (published in 2010) post-harvest losses of major agricultural produces including fruits and vegetables at National level were estimated to the tune of about Rs. 44,000 crore per annum. “Creation and Management of cold chain infrastructure” for agriculture has been identified a thrust area by the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries provides financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid. Other agencies of the Government like  National Horticulture Mission (NHM),  National Horticulture Board (NHB),   Agricultural and P rocessed Food Prod ucts Export Development Aut hority (APEDA),  National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and State Governments also provide assistance for cold storages under their respective schemes. Posted by APPSC PORTAL at 10:24 AM 0 comments Email ThisBlogTh is!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: CURRENT AFFAIRS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQs Q.1 Which former Prime Minister of India was also called „Yuva Turk? (A) Rajiv Gandhi (B) V.P.Singh (C) H.D.Deve Gowda (D) Chandrashekhar  Q2. Which mineral is used to make the Plaster of Paris ? (A) Gypsum (B) Calcite (C) Fluorite (D) Apatite Q3. Which is the most spoken language in the world ? (A) English (B) Mandarin (C) Spanish (D) Hindi Q4. Which planet in the Solar System is named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest ? (A) Mars

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