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Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and developed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), crop production forecasting- FASAL Scheme (Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land-based observations) and CHAMAN (Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-iNformatics) are proving

Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad informed that as of July 31, 2021, more than 1.17 lakh loans amounting to more than Rs. 26,391 crores were sanctioned to SC/ST and woman borrowers under the Stand Up India Scheme

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh informed that India Meteorological Department (IMD) has undertaken the installation of Agro-Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) to provide exact weather forecasts to the people, especially the farmers. He further said

Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labor & Employment Mr. Rameswar Teli launched ONGC-supported Assam Handloom project ‘Ujjwal Abahan’ through a virtual platform. The project will support and train over a hundred artisans of Bhatiapar of Sivasagar,

Union Minister of State Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Divyang children of a deceased government servant/pensioner will get a major hike in the family pension emoluments and that the instructions to this effect have been issued by the

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App, developed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with NeGD, to make the skill development schemes accessible to the target groups. Through

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to Lok Sabha said during the year 2021 about 6.71 lakh metric tons of foodgrains were allocated free of cost under Pradhan