Why in News?
The Government highlighted Kisan Sarathi, India’s integrated digital agro-advisory platform, for strengthening agricultural extension services through technology, multilingual support, and expert-based advisories.
What is Kisan Sarathi?
- Launched in July 2021.
- India’s largest integrated digital agro-advisory platform.
- Joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Implemented by Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) and Digital India Corporation
Key Features
- Provides real-time, multilingual, location-specific advisories.
- Two-way communication through Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDS).
- Offers: Weather forecasts, Mandi prices, Crop advisories, Government scheme information, and Expert consultations
- Covers: Crops, Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries, and Allied sectors
[2020] In India, which of the following can be considered as public investment agriculture?
1. Fixing Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce of all corps
2. Computerisation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
3. Social Capital development
4. Free electricity supply to farmers
5. Waiver of agricultural loans by the banking system
6. Setting up of cold storage facilities by the government
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
a) 1, 2 and 5 only
b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
c) 2, 3 and 6 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6