New Mobile app: KISAN

Question: Which of the following IIT recently launched a new mobile app KISAN?
a) IIT Roorkee
b) IIT Hyderabad
c) IIT Delhi
d) IIT Kanpur
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-

  • On 19 February 2022; The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) has launched a mobile app named KISAN for the farmers.
  • The mobile app will be used, to provide, agro-meteorological advisory services to the farmers.
  • This is an app that has been launched for easy access to these services for farmers on their mobile phones.
  • The was launched during the regional farmers’ awareness program organised by the IIT Roorkee a under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) project.
  • Farmers from Haridwar, Dehradun, and Pauri Garhwal districts participated in the program.

By – Rajesh Tripathi

Links:-
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-roorkee-launches-kisan-mobile-to-send-agricultural-advises-1915304-2022-02-19