The Million Farmers School (Kisan Pathshala)

The million formers school

Question: The Government of Uttar Pradesh announced the purchase of which of the following crops first time at the minimum support price?
(a) Gram, lentil
(b) Tur, onion
(c) Moong, Gram
(d) Urad, Moong
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:

  • On December 5th, 2017, on the occasion of World Soil Day, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘The Million Farmers School’ (Kisan Pathshala) at his official residence.
  • Under this program, through the organizing of 15 thousand schools, awareness of the protection and promotion of soil health will be provided to about 10 lakh farmers of the state, along with information related to the programs run by agriculture and other related departments to double the income of the farmers.
  • On this occasion, the Chief Minister handed over symbolic keys of tractor to 10 Farm Machinery Banks under the Submissions on Agriculture Mechanization Scheme organized by the Central Government.
  • Apart from this, the Chief Minister also launched Mobile App of Pardarshi Kisan Seva Yojana.
  • During the program, the Chief Minister also released the booklet regarding the information given to farmers in Kisan Vidyalaya and doubling the income of the farmers in 5 years.
  • Kisan Vidyalaya will be organized from 4 pm to 5 pm after the closure of primary and junior high school in selected judicial Panchayats.
  • It will be organized in the first phase from December 5-9, 2017 and in the second phase 11-15 December, 2017.
  • The state government will manage to irrigate 60 thousand hectares of unirrigated land from March to June.
  • For the first time, the state government announced the purchase of urad and moong at the minimum support price.

Reference:
http://information.up.nic.in/View_Hindinews.aspx?id=821