Source: LegacyiasLink:https://www.legacyias.com/kisan-sabha-app-to-connect-farmers-2/ Why in news? The Kisan Sabha App developed by CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, to connect farmers to supply chain and freight transportation management system, was remotely launched on 1st May 2020. The Kisan Sabha app is a one stop solution for farmers, transporters and other entities engaged in the agriculture Industry and offered that […]
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CSIR’s Kisan Sabha App to Connect Farmers to Supply Chain
Source: Vigyan PrasarLink:https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/CSIR-Kisan-Sabha-App-to-Connect-Farmers-to-Supply-Chain.html India’s ongoing lockdown has threatened the agriculture sector as it overlaps with the time of harvest. In the present situation of COVID-19, farmers are looking for help in taking their produce to the market, as also in procuring seeds, fertilizer, etc. from the market. A robust supply chain management is urgently required […]
Central Bank of India launches loan schemes for MSMEs, farmers
Mumbai, Apr 29 () State-run Central Bank of India on Wednesday launched various schemes to provide liquidity support to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), agriculture and self-help group borrowers that are affected by the COVID-19 induced lockdown. For MSME borrowers that are standard, the bank is offering an emergency line of credit up to […]
Agriculture sector to grow at 3% in 2020-21 despite Covid-19 lockdown: Modi govt
Estimated growth in the sector has been attributed to normal monsoon this year along with water availability in reservoirs, which is 40-60% higher than last year. New Delhi: Amid the coronavirus lockdown across the country that brought economic activity to a near halt, the Modi government is expecting that agriculture sector could be a silver lining […]
Farmers Alert! Know What to do if Your Name is Not in PM-Kisan List; Check Step by Step Process Here
As we know that India is currently under lockdown due to Coronavirus or Covid-19 that has created havoc across the world putting economies, business & other daily life activities at a halt. Farmers, labourers and poor people are the ones who are suffering the most because of this lockdown. Keeping this in mind the government […]
[Commentary] Covid-19 and food security: Lessons for Indian Agriculture
Commentary by M.S. Swaminathan (as told to Nitya Rao) on 22 April 2020 Strong agricultural genetic diversity can strengthen food security and in turn reduce vulnerability to infections such as the current pandemic. In this commentary, eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan draws on some of his early research on potato, focusing on the spread of pests and […]
How to check PM Kisan scheme money and balance
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana also popularly called as PM-Kisan is a scheme that is meant to benefit the farmers in the country. Under the PM Kisan scheme, every farmer in the country will be given a total amount of Rs. 6,000 issued in three instalments of Rs. 2,000. PM-Kisan yojana targets to provide financial assistance […]
What is DBT Agriculture? Know How Farmers can Avail Benefit of Different Agricultural Schemes from Direct Benefit Transfer
The central and state governments have been implementing many schemes for the welfare and benefit of farmers in India. Moreover, the central government has initiated the Direct Benefit Scheme (DBT) for the farmers to give the direct benefit of all the agricultural schemes to his family. Direct Benefit Transfer or DBT is an attempt to change the mechanism of transferring subsidies launched […]
Rice-fish farming system in India is in urgent need of conservation and promotion
Along with reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, co-culture systems have beneficial effects on farm income and improving the livelihood of poor rural people and progressive farmer. Rapid human population growth poses many challenges, especially food shortages, malnutrition, limited means of irrigation and shrinking land resources besides deteriorating environmental quality. Sustainable intensification of agricultural production […]
Govt sets foodgrain production target at record 298.3 million tonnes for 2020-21 crop year
India’s foodgrains production is estimated at a record 291.95 million tonnes in the 2019-20 crop year (July-June), beating the target of 291 million tonnes. The government has set the foodgrain production target at 298.3 million tonnes for the 2020-21 crop year, up 2 per cent from the record output achieved in the current year, banking […]