Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affordable to the stakeholders of this sector. The guidelines of “Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization” (SMAM) have been amended which envisages granting upto 100% of the cost of agriculture drone or Rs. 10 lakhs, whichever is less, as grant for purchase of drones […]
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar announced the operationalization of BRICS Agricultural Research Platform prepared and set up in India for strengthening the cooperation in the field of agricultural research & innovations amongst the BRICS member States. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The BRICS- Agricultural Research Platform, as a global
Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 11th meeting of BRICS Agriculture Ministers under the theme BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food Security and Nutrition. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Action Plan of 2021-24 for Agricultural Cooperation of BRICS Countries was adopted in the Ministers’ meeting. The Action Plan focuses
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The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar National Food and Nutrition Campaign for farmers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 India has made great achievements in the field of food grains. The country is number one or two in the world in agriculture and allied products. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
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Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The National Gene Bank established in the year 1996 to preserve the seeds of Plant Genetic Resources
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Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Gene Bank was established in 1996 to preserve the seeds of Plant Genetic Resources for future generations. It has the capacity to preserve about ten
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Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the Ministerial Statement in the Pre-Summit of United Nations Food System Summit 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Minister emphasized the importance of Agriculture in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 as 12 out of 17 SDGs are directly dependent on agriculture.
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Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw jointly launched the digital platform namely ‘KisanSarathi’ in order to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With the digital platform, the farmers can interact and
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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched a seed minikit programme by distributing high yielding varieties of seeds of pulses and oilseeds to farmers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Seed Minikits programme is a major tool for introducing new varieties of seeds in the farmers fields and is instrumental for increasing the seed replacement rate.
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In the auspicious context of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the project of setting up of a honey testing laboratory at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It has been setup for quality testing of honey and
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