Indian Council of Agricultural Research Current Affairs, GK & News
Agro – Climatic Zones of India
Agro – Climatic Zone is a land that is suitable for growing particular type of crop. It is essential to delineate the land in the country into agro – climatic zones for sustainable agricultural production. What are the agro – climatic zones of India? There are 15 agro – climatic zones in India. They are ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Agriculture • agro climatic zone • Agroecology • Ecology • Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Antyodaya Diwas celebrated
On September 25, 2020, the Ministry of Rural Development celebrated foundation day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana celebrated as “Antyodaya Diwas”. The Day was celebrated under the theme “Kaushal Se Kal Badlenge”. So far, the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana has trained 10.51 lakh rural youth. Among these, 6.65 are placed with ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Census • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana • employment generation • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • Rural Development
Kritagya Hackathon: Launched by ICAR to promote Farm Mechanization
On September 23, 2020, “Kritagya” Hackathon was launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research under National Agricultural Higher Education Project. The project will promote Farm Mechanisation. Highlights Students from any university, college can participate in the project. The first prize winner will receive Rs 5 lakhs, second prize and third prize winners will receive Rs ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Ashok Dalwai committee • Doubling Farmers Income • farm mechanisation • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • small and Marginal Farmers • World Bank
Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela-2020 held in New Delhi
Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela-2020 is being organised in New Delhi by ICAR-IARI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute) from March 1 to 3. The event is being conducted at the ICAR-IARI Mela Grounds, New Delhi. Bharat Bhushan, a 42-year-old farmer from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, has been selected for the ‘Innovative Farmer ..
Topics: Indian Council of Agricultural Research • New Delhi • Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
‘International Conference on Banana’ held in Tamil Nadu
A four-day ‘International Conference on Banana’ was recently organised by the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), an institution under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), in association with Bioversity International, during 22-25 February, 2020. The Conference is organised at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on the theme of ‘Innovations in sustainable production and value chain ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Topics: Banana • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • Tamil Nadu
Global Potato Conclave 2020 Begins at Gandhinagar
The third Global Potato Conclave commenced at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Tuesday, 28th January 2020 and will conclude on Friday, 31st January 2020. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi addressed the conclave through video-conferencing on Tuesday and informed that the central government has transferred a record Rs 12,000 crore directly into the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Gandhinagar • Global Potato Conclave • Gujarat • Indian Council of Agricultural Research • Indian Potato Association • Mahatma Mandir • Narendra Modi • Peru • Prime Minister of India • Shimla