With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and postharvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach. 2. Poor, small marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme. 3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro irrigation equipment. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The correct answer is C (1 and 2 only). INSIMP was run by the Ministry of Agriculture as a cluster-based demonstration scheme to promote nutri-cereals (millets) for nutritional security. Its core idea is to show farmers improved production and post-harvest technologies and value-addition methods together, in a cluster, so that the whole chain from field to food is visible and usable. That makes statement 1 correct.

Statement 2 is also correct. The scheme was designed to reach poor, small and marginal farmers and tribal communities, who grow millets in rainfed areas and gain most from better seed, know-how and markets.

Statement 3 is wrong. The scheme did not aim to pull commercial-crop farmers into millets by giving them micro-irrigation equipment. Its support went to cluster demonstrations, seed and input support and training, aimed at growing communities that already depend on millets. Micro-irrigation is a separate instrument under PMKSY, not a feature of this scheme.

The concept sits within the National Food Security Mission and the broader push for diversified, climate-resilient agriculture. For Mains, it links to food security, nutrition and the question of how to diversify cropping without hurting small farmers.

Trap: Aspirants often accept statement 3 because it sounds like a crop-diversification incentive. Check whether the scheme's target group and inputs actually match the claim.