Question

Expand the following abbreviations
A. \[2\],\[4\]-D
B. DDT
C. FCI
D. NDDB

Answer 1

Hint: One of them is an organic herbicide used to kill weeds selectively. One of them is an insecticide. One of them is a government organization that aims to distribute food grains throughout the nation. One of them is an institution that aims at combining the wisdom of farmers with professional management and produces milk products.

Complete answer:
A.\[2\],\[4\] -D stands for\[2\],\[4\] Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid which is a systemic herbicide. It selectively kills broadleaf weeds. It does this by causing uncontrolled growth of cells in these weeds. This organic compound does not affect grasses like cereals, lawn turf, and grasslands.
B. DDT stands for Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane which is an insecticide. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless, but it has had many harmful effects on the environment over the years. DDT kills insects by opening sodium channels in their neurons. This causes ionic imbalance, leads to spasms and eventually death.
C. FCI stands for Food Corporation of India which is a statutory body founded and run by the Government of India. It was founded in \[1965\]and its main objectives are, to safeguard the interests of the poor farmers, to distribute food grains throughout the country, to maintain a satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains, to regulate the market price to provide food to consumers at a reasonable price, etc.
D. NDDB stands for the National Dairy Development Board which is an institution of national importance, founded by Dr. Verghese Kurien. It aims at combining the energy and wisdom of farmers with professional management to efficiently capture liquid milk and milk product markets, at the same time supporting the farmers’ investments with inputs and services.

Note:
Chemicals like \[2\],\[4\]-D and DDT were prepared with the intention of killing pests and weeds and improving crop production. But these chemicals are harmful to the environment, including humans, and hence have been banned in many places around the world.
A civil service officer of the IAS cadre is appointed as the chairman of FCI.
Dr. Verghese Kurien is also known as the ‘father of white revolution’ in India and he made India’s dairy farming a self-sustainable industry providing a large number of rural employment.