Under the PMGSY-III scheme, it is proposed to consolidate 125,000 Km road length in the states. The roads constructed under PMGSY would also be maintained properly
Industry
The ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) addresses specific components of geo-tagging of assets created by MGNREGA and creation of database for online recording and monitoring
NIRDPR Hyderabad facility will conduct trainings in vocational courses to several remote Panchayat centers all over the country through A VIEW
The Vice President emphasised for stepping up biotechnology interventions to make agriculture more viable and sustainable, he said there was a need for a greater focus on allied sectors
Newly formed Jal Shakti Ministry will manage water resources and water supply in an integrated and holistic manner with the state governments
News
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, DV Sadananda Gowda launched the Phase-II of Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertilizer Subsidy (DBT 2.0) in New Delhi today.
Presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha today, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said, “It’s important to upgrade rural rods, connecting villages and rural markets.
As a result of deficit rainfall, the sugarcane acreage is estimated to be decreased around 10 percent in the sugar season 2019-20.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Italian innovation global platform Seeds and Chips have joined forces to promote food innovation and education, with a stro
Mahindra & Mahindra’s tractor sales declined 16 percent in May 2019, as against May 2018.
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Agriculture
Around 89 percent of groundwater extracted is used for irrigation and crops such as paddy and sugarcane consume more than 60 percent of irrigation water
Advisories to the farmers registered on this portal are sent in 12 languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English
The Trade Fair is aimed at promoting cooperative-to-cooperative trade within India and abroad leading to enhanced rural and farm prosperity
Up to 12 innovations will be selected as part of the first cohort of the India Agritech Incubation Network at IIT Kanpur. Sixty Agritech start-ups to be incubated over 5 years to impact 50,000 farmers
Based on the weather forecast, agromet advisories are prepared in collaboration with 130 agromet field units and communicated to the farming community
Policy
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Under the PMGSY-III scheme, it is proposed to consolidate 125,000 Km road length in the states. The roads constructed under PMGSY would also be maintained properly
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The ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) addresses specific components of geo-tagging of assets created by MGNREGA and creation of database for online recording and monitoring
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Newly formed Jal Shakti Ministry will manage water resources and water supply in an integrated and holistic manner with the state governments
Focus on affordable housing with higher tax benefits to end users, start-ups, sustainable development, and Make in India, is clearly visible, ASSOCHAM has said
Muster rolls increased by 19 percent in the blocks that were not affected by drought. There was 20 percent increase in the supply of work in the blocks that are affected by drought
Interviews
Dr. RC Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, DRPCAU talks on bringing transformational reforms and technological disruptions in agriculture sector
NH Shivashankara Reddy, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka talks on state’s millets programme, nutrition security, combating climate change and droughts to various programmes and policies with regards to agriculture in the state
LIXIL launched, easy to maintain, water saving and affordable SATO toilets for India’s rural market. Within six months, 35,000 rural households are using them
Narayanan Rajagopalan, President of LaMarca Group, in May 2016 launched a telecom company MarcaTel, which aims at providing India’s first Wi-Fi based Tele Connectivity Network. Narayanan tells BK Jha about the Company’s progress and plans.
In public-private-partnership, vocational training and skill development have been core functions of AISECT since its inception.
International
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Italian innovation global platform Seeds and Chips have joined forces to promote food innovation and education, with a stro
Case IH is going to launch its Coffee Express 200 Multi self-propelled coffee harvester onto the African markets, in a move designed to further extend the brand’s harvest product offering and bring
