Consider the following statements regarding organic farming in India:
1. APEDA functions as the Secretariat for implementation of the National Programme for Organic Production.
2. Sikkim became India's first fully organic state.
3. The National Programme for Organic Production is implemented under the guidance of the Ministry of Rural Development.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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B. 1 and 2 only. APEDA does function as the Secretariat responsible for implementing the National Programme for Organic Production, and Sikkim did become India's first fully organic state, converting all its farmland to certified organic practices, so statements 1 and 2 are correct. The National Programme for Organic Production is actually run under the guidance of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, not the Ministry of Rural Development, so statement 3 is incorrect. Since only statements 1 and 2 hold, option B is correct.

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A. 1 and 3 only

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B. 1 and 2 only

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C. 2 and 3 only

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D. 1, 2 and 3