Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s PM KISAN scheme is a major shift in the nature of government support to farmers in India and is one of the finest examples of the use of digital public goods to reach out directly to the beneficiaries without middlemen. New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra... The post appeared first on .

Launched on February 24, 2019, the PM KISAN scheme is aimed to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers -- the financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kings Infra Ventures Ltd. has signed a pact with the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) on Monday, August 22, 2022 for developing ready-to-eat and ready-to-serve fish products by adopting steam or water immersion technology capable of achieving very long shelf life under normal room temperature, without using any chemical additives or preservatives. Safe food products with very long shelf life in ambient storage conditions in accordance with the stipulations of the US FDA and other regulatory agencies would be the focus of the project.

Coimbatore Mar 24 PTI An official of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research ICAR on Thursday asked people to reduce food wastage in order to achieve supply of food to underprivileged sections of society The deputy director-general Education of ICAR R C Agarwal made this request while addressing the seventh national youth convention on Food Security to Nutritional Security-Youth Perspective organised here In his inaugural address the Registrar and acting Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University TNAU A S Krishnamoorthy emphasised on agriculture and its entrepreneurship opportunities of farm graduates He said the global population is expected to be nine billion by 2050 with 14 per cent youth aged 15-24 and requested them to become entrepreneurs in areas of digital agriculture remote-sensing nano science and data analysis for improvement of agriculture Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University R M Kathiresan in his keynote address stressed on nutritional security and said 51 per cent of women aged between 15-49 were anaemic PTI NVM NVG NVG

Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 18 (ANI): Tripura has drawn huge appreciation from across the country for its unique "bamboo bottle".

New Delhi, October 25: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Indian Council of Agricultural Research or the ICAR Result 2021. The results of UG, PG and PhD entrance exams have been released today, on October 25, 2021. Candidates can check the AIEEA scorecard for entrance exams held for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the official […]

New Delhi Sep 28 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched 35 crop varieties with special traits -- developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR -- to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition The new crop varieties were dedicated to the nation through a video conference organised at all ICAR institutes state and central agricultural universities and Krishi Vighyan Kendra According to the PMO 35 crop varieties with special traits like climate resilience and higher nutrient-content have been developed in 2021 These include a drought tolerant variety of chickpea wilt and sterility mosaic resistant pigeonpea early maturing variety of soybean disease resistant varieties of rice and biofortified varieties of wheat pearl millet maize and chickpea quinoa buckwheat winged bean and faba bean These special traits crop varieties also include those that address the anti-nutritional factors found in some crops that adversely affect human and animal health Speaking on the occasion Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said 86 per cent of farmers in the country are small farmers and the PMs focus has been on enhancing the income of these farmers The PM believes that farmers should not be dependent on compassion of others but should rise on their own strength For this several schemes like PM-KISAN and transport facilities through Kisan rails have been launched to empower them he said From seed to market facilities are being provided to ensure their income doubles and contribute in making India self-reliant in the farm sector he added Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel thanked the PM for inauguration of the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Tolerance Raipur He said this institute will promote agriculture in the state Climate change is a cause of concern across the world We are seeing its impact in our area There are two reasons -- one is natural and the other one is reduction in carbon in soil he said and stressed on conducting an extensive study to ascertain the impact of climate change in the country Union Minister for Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Poultry Parshottam Rupala Ministers of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje and former-CM of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh were present in the event PTI LUX MJH ANS ANS

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