India’s first ever fresh vegetable export to Dubai by Sea Route

On December 20, 2019, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) sent its first trial shipment of fresh vegetables from Varanasi to Dubai by sea route. APEDA is the organization under Ministry of Commerce and Industry that ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Ministry of Home Affairs deploys drones to destroy hidden marijuana plantations

The Ministry of Home Affairs along with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will investigate illegal plantations of marijuana plantations and destroy them deploying drones before the plants are harvested. The ministry is to use the help of satellites to detect ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) is a new old-age pension scheme which was announced by the Central Government for the social welfare of all landholding Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in the country. What is PM-KMY? The PM-KMY is ..

Update : Financial Support to Farmers

The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the Rythu Bharosa scheme which will provide financial input assistance to the farmers. What is Rythu Bharosa? The Rythu Bharosa will be aimed at all farmers (including tenant farmers) who hold a landholding up ..

Short Note : National Comission on Farmers

The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was constituted in 2004, under the chairmanship of Professor M.S. Swaminathan to make suggestions on a medium-term strategy for food & nutrition security in the nation, enhancing the farming profitability, suggest policy reforms for ..

Budget 2019 : Agriculture

The Union Budget has a record allocation of Rs 1,30,485 crores for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. This is the highest ever allocation to agriculture and is a 140% increment over the last year’s allocation. The previous allocation ..