UP, Google Cloud India sign MoU for Gemini-powered Network for farmers benefit
The Uttar Pradesh Government partnering with Google Cloud will launch a Gemini-powered Beckn-enabled Uttar Pradesh Open Network for Agriculture.
The Uttar Pradesh Government partnering with Google Cloud will launch a Gemini-powered Beckn-enabled Uttar Pradesh Open Network for Agriculture.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has welcomed the farmer-friendly decisions made in the first Union Cabinet meeting of 2025, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a New Year gift to farmers, the Modi Government on Wednesday approved continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26 and extension of subsidy on Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Punjab government time until January 2, 2025, to comply with its December 20 order to provide medical aid and shift farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a ‘fast-unto-death’ since November 26, to a hospital.
The Yogi Adityanath government has launched extensive campaigns across Uttar Pradesh to ensure farmers benefit from government schemes.
Around 24 farmer unions under the banner of Sanyukt Kisan Manch (SKM) staged protests at Rohru, Theog, Kotkhai, Narkanda, Rampur of Shimla district, Nirmand in Kullu, Kinnaur and Mandi districts.
As the crops fail more often, the men take contracts for migrant work, handing over papers and passports to recruiters who organise travel to nearby cities or faraway countries.
If agriculture is identified as the main advantage of the country, other entities must rely on that advantage to develop.
Referring to the continued dependence on the revenue department by the farmers with regard to activities ranging from land records to flood and drought relief, he said the drone has emerged as an effective tool to tackle such issues. The PM also said that measures taken to help the agriculture sector have ensured that technology was no longer intimidating for the farmers.
In the district 45,672 potato farmers had bought crop insurance coverages for their potato cultivation.
