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IBPS Clerk Mains 2016 Paper

Question : 103

Total: 200

Notwithstanding the good monsoon this year after back-to-back drought years, most commentators agreethat the rural economy and the agricultural sector maynot be out of distress.
Recent attempts by Rahul Gandhi to mobilize farmers during his Kisan Yatra might not revive the fortunes of the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh, but they did contribute to bringing the issues of farmers and agriculture to the political mainstream.
It is also worth mentioning that most of them were seen as leaders of dominant farming communities or caste groups that benefited from rising profitability and price support.
Given that almost half of the total workers in the country are still engaged in farming and the majority of households in rural areas are still dependent on agriculture, directly or indirectly, issues confronting the farming community are naturally an important electoral plank.
More so in an environment where rural areas, and the agricultural sector in particular, have been in some distress in recent years.

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