Asian Age

In a bid to double farmers’ income by the year 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is set to use digital technology to modernise and organise agricultural activities in rural India.

“Digital Technology, like Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain Technology, Internet of Things, etc can play a transformational role in modernizing and organizing how rural India performs its agricultural activities,” Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar told the Rajya Sabha in a written statement.

PSU Connect

Prime minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has set the ambitious target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022. Taking the clue from this, SJVN Limited has set for itself an ambitious targets for skilling over 6000 farmers by 2022 in latest farm techniques and knowhow. In this direction, as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, SJVN entered into an MOU with CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur. The agreement has been entered for conducting 6 days residential skill development programs in farm technology for 800 farmers. The total cost of the project is around 63 Lakh