Government forms committee to finalise operational modalities of ‘Kisan Rail’

The government has formed a committee under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to work out the operational modalities of ‘Kisan Rail’. In the recent budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to set up a ‘Kisan Rail’ through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode to transport perishable goods. The proposed committee also includes representatives of the ..

Topics: Finance Minister of India • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare • Ministry of Railways • Public Private Partenership models

Farmer Welfare: Krishi Vigyan Mela, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference launched

The GoI is taking several steps to double farmers income by 2022. In order to help achieve the target, Krishi Vigyan Mela and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference were inaugurated by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference The 11th Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference was held in New Delhi recently. ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Conferences • farmer welfare • Farmers Distress • ICAR • Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare inaugurates 11th KVK Conference

The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated the 11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Conference -2020 in New Delhi. The first KVK was established in 1974 at Puducherry under the administrative control of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore on a pilot basis. At present there are more than 700 ..

Topics: Krishi Vigyan Kendra • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

PM Modi launches 10,000 FPOs

The Farmer Produce Organisations (FPO) Scheme was initiated by the Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The FPOs help in grouping of small, marginal and landless farmers, and provide access to technology, quality seed, fertilizers and pesticides. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 10,000 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) all over ..

Topics: Farmer producer organisations • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare • Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Desert Locust Control High Level Meeting held

On February 25, 2020, the Agriculture Ministry held a high-level meeting on Desert Locust Control. The meeting was chaired by Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare. Highlights The meeting discussed the locust control operations carried on between May 2019 and February 2020. The report submitted by National Disaster Response Force was discussed at ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Disaster • locust invasion • Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare • NDRF