Farmer Current Affairs, GK & News
3rd Anniversary of PM-KISAN
PM-KISAN is a scheme of the central government that was introduced in 2019. This scheme was launched to help farmers holding land with their financial needs. This year is the PM-KISAN scheme’s third anniversary. Overview: Through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Rs 6000/- is deposited into the bank accounts of farmers across the country in three ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • COVID-19 • direct benefit transfer • entral Project Management Unit • Farmer • PM KISAN portal • PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana • PM-Kisan
Federated Digital Identities
The Ministry of Electronics and IT has introduced the “Federated Digital Identities”. It aims to inter link the multiple identities of Indian citizens. For instance, the digital IDs like Aadhaar, Passport and PAN are inter linked and stored under a new unique ID. About the Federated Digital Identities The state and central identities of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Aadhaar • E-governance • Farmer • Federal Digital Identities • IndEA • India Enterprise Architecture • Minister for Electronics and IT • PAN • Passport • Public Distribution System
What is 1.5 times formula for crops MSP? How is it calculated?
The 1.5 times formula is used to determine the minimum support price (MSP) for crops. This was introduced during the Union Budget 2018-19. According to this formula, the MSP is fixed at 1.5 times the production cost for crops as a ‘pre-determined principle’. Under this formula, the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (the commission ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices • electricity act • Farmer • Minimum Support Price
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
The Prime Minister has launched the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (Agri Infra Fund) in order to improve the farm gate prices and overall income of the farmers. The fund of Rs 1 trillion will be utilized for giving a fillip to the post-harvest management and also marketing of agricultural produce of the farmers. What are the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agri Infra Fund • Agriculture Infrastructure Fund • Farmer • Prime minister
Chhattisgarh launches Godhan Nyay Yojana
The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel recently launched “Godhan Nyay Yojana”. The scheme is to make animal husbandry commercially profitable. Highlights The Godhan Nyay Yojana is the first of its kind that will procure cow dung from cattle owners. The scheme will also prevent open grazing of cattle and will solve the problem of stray ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Animal husbandry • cowdung • Doubling Farmers Income • Farmer • Godhan Nyay Yojana • Government Schemes India • Vermicompost
PM-KISAN Scheme Extended to all Farmers
The government approved a proposal to extend the benefit of Rs 6,000 per year under the PM-KISAN scheme to all farmers. PM-KISAN The PM-KISAN scheme was introduced in the interim budget of 2019. Under the scheme, the government provided Rs 6,000 per year (in three equal instalments) to an estimated 12.5 crore small and marginal ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Farmer • PM-Kisan • small and Marginal Farmers