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Digital Agristack
The Government of India is working on creating a digital stack of agricultural data. That is storing data related to farmers. Apart from farmer details, the digital agristack also holds all information about which seeds to buy, weather updates, what manures and fertilizers to use, insurance, best agricultural practices to maximize the yield. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Aadhaar • Agriculture • agristack • Crop Insurance • Crop insurance scheme • Digital agriculture • digital agristack • farmer insurance • farmer welfare • land record • Land Record Digitisation • land records • PM Fasal Bima Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana • Soil Health card • Soil Health Management Scheme
PM Fasal Bima Yojana Deadline extended
Central government has agreed to demand from Maharashtra government to extend cut-off date to enrol farmers from July 15 to July 23 for Kharif season 2021 under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Key Points Maharashtra government had requested to extend deadline of Crop Insurance scheme, PMFBY till July 23. State Government has requested to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Crop insurance scheme • crops are covered under PMFBY • Ministry of Agriculture • PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Agri Ministry launches Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, has launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana. It was launched during Crop Insurance Week. Highlights Fasal Bima Yojana was launched with the aim of providing security cover to each farmer. Minister also announced that, this scheme has achieved milestone of 95 thousand crore ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister • Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign • Crop insurance scheme • Narendra Singh Tomar • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Agri Ministry to use Drones to support PMFBY
The agriculture ministry was allowed to use drones for the purpose of remote sensing data collection under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Highlights The conditional permission was granted to use the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The RPAS will be used by ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Crop insurance scheme • Drones • Ministry of Civil Aviation • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana • Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) • Use of Drones in Agriculture
PMFBY: Govt allocates Rs16000 crore for 2021-22
The Central government has allocated Rupees 16,000 crores for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the upcoming fiscal year 2021-22. Key Facts This allocation was done in order to boost the safety of farmers’ crops. The amount will also ensure that maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches to the farmers. The budgetary amount has ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture Sector • Crop Insurance • Crop insurance scheme • PMFBY • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana