Govt sets up Digital Centre in Delhi to empower farmers across India
The Command Centre will show all the digital innovations being made in the field of agriculture by the ministry on a big screen.
The Command Centre will show all the digital innovations being made in the field of agriculture by the ministry on a big screen.
On March 10, the leaders gave the call for a 12 pm-to-4 pm "Rail Roko", and asked all the farmers to be a part of the event.
Of this, Rs 1.75 lakh crore was transferred to eligible farmers during the COVI-19 period alone, it said.
The farmers parked their tractors on the side of highways and demanded to exclude agriculture from the WTO agreement and implement a law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP).
The farmer leader condemned the Central Government's action against the protestors through para-military forces injuring hundreds.
This step would be instrumental in saving nearly about 15 to 20 per cent water as compared to the conventional puddling (kaddu) method during the life cycle of crops, an official spokesperson said.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday called upon the farmers to save the air, water and land of Punjab by getting rid of the traditional crop cycle and adopting alternative crops which take less time and water.
More than 5.87 lakh farmers have been mobilised under the 'Formation & Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)' scheme launched in February 2020 with equity contribution by farmer members amounting to Rs 36.82 crore, the Centre announced on Thursday.
He said that he has joined the House for the nation’s betterment.
PM Modi on Sunday in a tweet while sharing details of the benefits of different schemes of the Central government for the farmers said that empowered farmers are key for a prosperous nation.