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What is Millets Giveaway?

The Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium, a society promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of the Indian government, has launched a special marketing campaign called Millets...

March 8, 2023    Agriculture Current Affairs

Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela

The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, inaugurated the Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela. The event is being organized by the Indian Agricultural Research...

March 5, 2023    Agriculture Current Affairs

PM-KISAN Scheme: PM Modi released Rs 16800 crores

The Government of India launched the PM-KISAN scheme in 2019 to provide financial support to the farmers in the country. Under the plan, Rs 6,000 is provided annually....

February 27, 2023    Government Schemes Current Affairs

PACS to function as CSC

The Government of India is to increase the number of PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies) to two lakhs in the next five years. Also, GoI will create multi-purpose...

February 3, 2023    Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Agriculture Accelerator Fund

There are more than two thousand agriculture startups in the country. The Government of India is trying to increase this number to ten thousand. Agriculture is the Backbone...

February 1, 2023    Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Rajasthan to rent out drones to farmers

The Rajasthan Government is to provide drones to the farmers in the state to spray fertilizers and insecticides. The drones are to be provided to low-income group farmers...

January 24, 2023    India Nation & States Current Affairs

Delhi Ex Gratia Relief to Farmers

The Delhi Government recently approved Rs 20,000 per acre to farmers. These farmers incurred losses due to unseasonal rainfall. Rainwater logged in their fields and damaged the crops...

January 31, 2022    India Nation & States Current Affairs

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...

January 16, 2022    Government Schemes Current Affairs

GoI increases Fertilizer Subsidy by 140%

On May 19, 2021, the Government of India increased fertilizer subsidies to Rs 1,200 per bag. Earlier, it was Rs 500 per bag. Thus, the subsidies have been...

May 20, 2021

India’s first Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre set up at Pune

The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture and NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) recently launched the first Agricultural Export Facilitation Centre. About the Centre...

May 18, 2021

World Agri-Tourism Day

Every year the World Agri-Tourism Day is celebrated on May 16. This year, on the fourteenth World Agri-Tourism Day, Government of Maharashtra, Agri-Tourism Development Corporation is to organise...

May 15, 2021

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi: Eighth Instalment released

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently released the eighth instalment of Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi. PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Under the Scheme, the Government of India transfers Rs...

May 14, 2021

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