Question: The Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela-2020 was inaugurated by?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Narendra Singh Tomar
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- On 1st March, the three-day Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela was organized by the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
- Theme entitled Agricultural Technologies of Pusa Institute for achieving Sustainable Agricultural Development Goals.
- It was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar.
- Innovative Farmer Award was been given to Bharat Bhushan, a farmer from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.
Aim:
- Providing farmers with demonstration of the modern technologies and crop varieties timely, this would help to win their confidence.
- Government’s endeavors and efforts to reverse the trend of attracting the youths to adopt agriculture as their career options were emphasized.
- Need for a collective action in farming for better marketing, input purchase and availing the institutional facilities.
Government Initiatives for farmers:
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Yojana;
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana;
- Soil Health Cards Scheme;
- Organic Agriculture and Traditional Agriculture Development Scheme (Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana) and
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi;
- They are aimed to empower and enhance the farmers’ income by 2022.
Links:
https://icar.org.in/content/pusa-krishi-vigyan-mela-2020-concludes-successful-note
https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=199671