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Sanjay Agarwal Committee on MSP

July 20, 2022

Union Government has constituted “Sanjay Agarwal Committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP)”, to make it more effective and transparent. Committee has been created around eight months later the three farm Acts were repealed. Members of the Panel The committee will ..

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DoT License for Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON)

July 19, 2022

Kerala bas become the first and only state in India to launch its own internet service, Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON). Key Facts It was announced by Chief Minister of Kerala, after Department of Telecommunications granted an Internet Service Provider ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 16, 2022

July 16, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 16, 2022 INDIA – IIT, Madras is the best educational institute in Education Ministry’s India Rankings 2022 of Higher Educational Institutions – Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Assam’s CM ..

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Strategy to promote NER as Agri Export Hub

July 14, 2022

APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development and Authority) recently formulated a Strategy for the “promotion of Export of Agricultural and Horticulture products” from North-Eastern (NE) states of India. Highlights APEDA has launched a platform in Assam, which will help ..

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National Conference of State Agriculture & Horticulture Ministers

July 14, 2022

National Conference of State Agriculture & Horticulture Ministers is being organised by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in Bengaluru on July 14 and July 15, 2022. Key Facts This conference is being organised to commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. ..

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ONDC: ‘Grand Hackathon’ on Agriculture

July 2, 2022

Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) recently organised a three-day “Grand Hackathon”, in collaboration with NABARD. About Grand Hackathon The Grand-Hackathon was held in hybrid mode, at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Fort, Mumbai. It is subdivided into two categories ..

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Computerisation of Primary Agriculture and Credit Society (PACS)

July 1, 2022

Cabinet has approved computerisation of primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) with total outlay of 2516 crore rupees. Highlights The project has proposed computerization of about 63,000 functional PACS over a period of five years. The project focuses on improving efficiency ..

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IIM-A Agriculture Land Price Index

June 3, 2022

IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has collaborated with SFarms India, an e-marketplace for agricultural land to develop a farm land price index that is based on the purchases and sales done on the platform. This index has been designed with the aim of ..

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