Question

Government of India has encouraged the ______ for improving the productivity by launching NKM-16.

Options

• Apiculture 

• Cultivation of medicinal plants

• Pisciculture 

• Fruit processing

Answer 1

Government of India has encouraged the pisciculture for improving the productivity by launching NKM-16.

Explanation:

The Government launched the Nil Kranti Mission-2016 (NKM-16) to encourage aquaculture and increase production of aquatic organisms. Pisciculture (fish farming) is the closest match among the options, as aquaculture includes culturing fish, prawns and other aquatic species.