Agriculture

AmbiTAG IITRopar develops "AmbiTAG"- India's first indigenous temperature data logger for the cold chain management

    Rural Development in India   Government of India has launched two app for the transparency and accountability in the MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL  RURAL EMPLOYMENT GAURANTEE SCHEME (MGNREGS). These two app are: National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) app The  NMMS App   will help to take a real time attendance of workers at MGNREGS' place of  work  along with locational photograph, which will increase citizen oversight of the programme and will make payment facilities faster of their work. Area officer monitoring (AOM)app Area Officer Monitoring App facilitates to the officials to record their findings online along with time stamped, tagged photograph for all the schemes - Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, PMAYG (pradhan mantri awas yojana  gramin), PMGSY(pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana) . This would enable them to keep better record of inspections and to facilitate  for analysis of the findings for better programme implementation. Benefits: Tra...

Fertilizers subsidy increased for 2021 Kharif Formers benefited and Government getting loss

  National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm The Government of India through the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm has the objective to augment the availability of edible oils and reduce the import of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds and oil palm. To this end a multi-pronged strategy is being adopted which includes the following: Increasing the seed replacement ratio with focus on varietal replacement Increasing irrigation coverage Nutrient management Intercropping with cereals/pulses/sugarcane Productivity improvement and adoption of proven and climate-resilient technologies Area expansion through diversification of low yielding food grains. Targeting rice fallow areas and high potential districts Promotion in non-traditional states Encouraging mechanization Research projects Training of farmers and extension officials Supporting cluster demonstrations for the adoption of good agricultural practices Creation of 36 oilseed hubs with a foc...