GS3 · Agri exports

APEDA-DAHD roundtable on livestock exports

Battle IAS current affairs title card: APEDA-DAHD roundtable on livestock exports (GS3 · Agri exports, 6 June 2025)
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What happened

  • APEDA and DAHD held a roundtable on livestock product exports, covering FMD-free infrastructure and market access [PIB].

Background

  • DAHD Secretary Alka Upadhyaya chaired it [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Disease-free zones decide market access.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-06): APEDA and DAHD held a roundtable on livestock product exports, covering FMD-free infrastructure and market access.
  2. Disease-free zones decide market access.
Quotable data point

APEDA and DAHD held a roundtable on livestock product exports, covering FMD-free infrastructure and market access.

PIB: Livestock export roundtable, 6 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: FMD.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

FMD stands for

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Livestock export roundtable, 6 Jun 2025

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