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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government is aiming to create a federated National Farmers Database using digitised land records.

The government is aiming to create a federated National Farmers Database using digitised land records that will help to offer proactive and personalised services to farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday. The agriculture ministry has already commenced the work of creating 'Agristack' -- a digital ecosystem of agriculture -- in the country that should help the government in effective planning towards increasing the income of farmers in particular and imp ..

The MoUs -- purely on a pro bono basis with selected companies -- are being signed for one year to develop PoCs.

PoCs will help in understanding solutions that can be built using available data and some of them, if found beneficial to the farmers will be scaled up at the national level.

Further, Tomar said the government would ensure the data privacy of the farmers' personal details.

"As of now, the federated farmers' database is being built by taking the publicly available data existing with the ministry and in various data silos in government and linking them with the digitised land records," he said.

The agriculture ministry in consultation with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is in the process of bringing out a data policy for the agriculture sector, he noted.
Asserting that the aim of the proposed initiative is to increase farmers' income by leveraging the available data and developing solutions based on the data, the minister said if states have already built such a system, then, the endeavour will be to make use of the same and build on top of that.

"Yes, the Government aims to create a federated National Farmers Database and the digitized land records will be used as data attributes for creating this database," Tomar said.

The proposed database will ensure input costs are reduced, ease of farming is ensured, quality is improved and farmers get better prices for their farm produce, he added.

To bring dynamism to the farmer's database, the minister said the linkage with the digital land record management system is essential.

The database is envisaged to facilitate online single sign-on facilities for universal access and usher in proactive and personalised services to farmers such as direct benefit transfer, soil and plant health advisories, weather advisories, irrigation facilities, seamless credit and insurance facilities, seeds, fertilisers, pesticide-related information nearby logistic facilities, market access information, peer to peer lending of farm equipment etc.

Asked if landless farmers will be included in the proposed database, Tomar said, "At present, farmers' database will include the farmers, who are legal owners of the agricultural land as per the government database and as endorsed by the state government".

In future, the possibility of including others may be considered in consultation with state governments and other stakeholders, he added.

Asked if the database will be used for choosing beneficiaries of the government schemes, Tomar said once developed, a federated national farmer database will help to deliver personalised and proactive services to farmers.

"Government can make use of the database for targeted service delivery with higher efficiency and in a focussed and time-bound manner," he added.








ICAR AIEEA PG - 2021- Notification, Syllabus, Important dates, Application details .

The ICAR-Agricultural University (AU) System of India has 74 Agricultural Universites comprising 63 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and CIFE, 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and RLB CAU, Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CU) having Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland University). The National Agricultural Research, Education and Extension System (NAREES) of India is one of the largest in the world, admitting more than 28000 students at UG level and over 17,500 students at Master’s and Doctoral level annually, in different disciplines of Agricultural and Allied Sciences. 
During 2020-21, against the total of 3219 Seats, 2641 candidates were recommended by ICAR for admission to accredited Master Degree Programmes in 67 accredited AUs under the ICARAU system.
Eligibility criteria and qualifications:

In order to appear in ICAR-AIEEA (PG) 2021, an Indian national candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility requirements for the examination as well as admission as detailed in the Information Bulletin.
  • Candidate should note that for admission to Master’s degree programmes through entrance examination conducted by NTA, only the candidates having passed graduation with four/six (10+6 B.Sc. Ag.)/five years’ (B.V.Sc. & AH)/5½ years (B.V.Sc. & AH) degree programme will be eligible.
  • The Candidate must have passed Bachelor degree examination securing Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.60/10.00 in ten-point scale, 5.88/9.00 in nine-point scale, 5.226/8.00 in eight point scale, 4.573/7.00 in seven point scale, 3.92/6.00 in six pointscale, 3.25/5.00 in five-point scale, 2.60/4.00 in four-point scale for General, OBC, UPS and EWS categories whereas for SC/ST/Person with Disability (PwD) candidates, the said requirement is an OGPA of at least 5.60/10.00, 4.98/9.00 in nine-point scale, 4.426/8.00 in eight point scale, 3.873/7.00 in seven point scale, 3.32/6.00 in six point- scale, 2.75/5.00, 2.20/4.00, respectively. In other cases, where grade points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60% marks for General, OBC, UPS 16 and EWS categories whereas for SC/ST/PwD categories the requirement is 50% marks. (Please note that equivalence between OGPA and % marks will not be acceptable). There will be no rounding-off of the OGPA/percentage of marks of qualifying examination while deciding the basic eligibility of any candidate for admission e.g. if a candidate obtained 49.99% marks in his/her qualifying examination, then it will not be rounded-off to 50%. 
Important dates and websites:

Online submission of Application Form

25.07.2021 to 20.08.2021 (upto 05:00 PM)

Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking/UPI

20.08.2021 (upto 11:50 PM)

Correction in particulars of Application Form on website only (No corrections shall be allowed after 26.08.2021)

23.08.2021 to 26.08.2021

Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website

To be announced later

Date of Examination

17th September 2021

Duration of Examination

120 minutes (2 hours)

Timing of Examination and Centre, Date and Shift of Examination

As indicated on Admit Card

Display of Attempted Question Paper and Provisional Answer Keys

To be announced later

Websites

http://www.ntaicar.nic.in/

https://www.nta.ac.in/ 

Schedule for Online Counselling

To be announced by the ICAR on www.icar.org.in, www.icarexam.net after the declaration of result


Application  Fee Payable by candidate:

General/Unreserved                                                     : Rs. 1120/- 

Other Backward Classes (OBC)- (NCL)*UPS/ EWS-: Rs. 1100/- 

SC/ST/PwBD/ Transgender                                         : Rs. 550/- 

Processing charges & GST are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable

Application:
  • Candidates can apply for AIEEA (PG)-2021“Online” on the website : https://icar.nta.ac.in
  • The Application Form other than online mode will not be accepted. 
  • Candidates must ensure that e-mail address and Mobile Number provided in the Online Application Form are their own as all information/ communication will be sent by NTA through email on e-mail address or SMS on given Mobile Number only.
Syllabus for the Test:
 The Question Papers for the test shall be based on the syllabus prescribed by the ICAR, which is available at the website : https://icar.org.in/content/icar%E2%80%99s-aice-jrfsrf-pgs-2020-examination.

Four Steps to Complete the Application Process
  • Step 1: Apply for Online Registration using unique Email ID and Mobile No. 
  • Step 2: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No. 
  • Step 3: Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb) Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)and candidate’s thumb impression (between 3 kb to 30 kb) in JPG/JPEG format. 
  • Step 4: Pay fee using SBI/Canara/HDFC/ICICI Bank/ Paytm Payment Gateway through Debit Card/ CreditCard/Net-Banking/UPI and keep proof of fee paid.In case the Confirmation Page is not generated after payment of fee then the transaction is cancelled, and amount will be refunded to the candidate’s account. However, the candidate has to make another transaction, in case the Confirmation Page is not generated. 
❖ Download, save and print copies of Confirmation Page after successful remittance of fee and keep copies safely for future reference. 
❖ All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate times





ICAR AIEEA (UG) - Bachelor Degree Programme in Agriculture admission 2021

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is the apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture in the entire country under the aegis of DARE, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

The ICAR-AU System of India has 74 Agricultural Universities comprising 63 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and CIFE, 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and RLB CAU, Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CUs) having Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland University).

 ICAR AIEEA (UG) - is All India Entrance Examination for(a) admission to 15% seats in Bachelor Degree Programme in Agriculture and Allied Sciences ( Other than veterinary sciences) at Agricultural Universities (100% seats at NDRI Karnal, RLBCAU Jhansi & DR. RPCAU PUSA) and (b) award of National Talent Scholarship in Agriculture & Allied Science subjects (other than Veterinary Science).

General Eligibility Criteria to appear in AIEEA (UG)- 2021:

In order to appear in AIEEA (UG) 2021, Indian national candidates must have passed 10+2 Senior Secondary Examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education or any other examination within scope and standard found to be equivalent to the Senior Secondary Examination of a recognized Indian Board/University, with minimum prescribed marks/grade, after a period of 12 years of study. The medium of instruction in the admitting University will be English

Age Limit

Indian Nationals of at least 16 years of age as on 31.08.2021 are eligible to apply for the examination. No relaxation is admissible regarding the minimum age limit.

Degree Programmes for Admission through AIEEA (UG) 2021 :

During academic session 2021-22, admission to 11 Bachelor degree programmes of four years duration

  1. B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture 
  2. B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture 
  3. B.F.Sc. 
  4. B.Sc. (Hons.) Forestry 
  5. B.Sc. (Hons.) Community Science 
  6. Food Nutrition and Dietetics
  7. B.Sc. (Hons.) Sericulture 
  8. B. Tech. Agricultural Engineering 
  9. B. Tech. Dairy Technology 
  10. B. Tech. Food Technology 
  11. B. Tech. Bio- Technology

Applying Online and Submission of Application Form :

  • Candidates can apply for AIEEA (UG)-2021“Online” on the website : https://icar.nta.ac.in
  • The Application Form other than online mode will not be accepted.
  • Candidates must ensure that e-mail address and Mobile Number provided in the Online Application Form are their own as all information/ communication will be sent by NTA through email on e-mail address or SMS on given Mobile Number only

Syllabus for the Test:

 The Questions in the test shall be based on the syllabus prescribed by the ICAR, which is available at the website https://icar.org.in/content/icar%E2%80%99s-aice-jrfsrf-pgs-2020-examination. 

Important dates and websites:

Online submission of Application Form

25.07.2021 to 20.08.2021 (upto 05:00 PM)

Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking/UPI

20.08.2021 (upto 11:50 PM)

Correction in particulars of Application Form on website only (No corrections shall be allowed after 26.08.2021)

23.08.2021 to 26.08.2021

Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website

To be announced later

Date of Examination

7 th, 8th & 13th September 2021

Duration of Examination

150 minutes (2 ½ hours)

Timing of Examination and Centre, Date and Shift of Examination

As indicated on Admit Card

Display of Attempted Question Paper and Provisional Answer Keys

To be announced later

Websites

http://www.ntaicar.nic.in/

https://www.nta.ac.in/

 

Schedule for Online Counselling

To be announced by the ICAR on www.icar.org.in, www.icarexam.net after the declaration of result

Application  Fee Payable by candidate:

General/Unreserved                                                     : Rs. 770/- 

Other Backward Classes (OBC)- (NCL)*UPS/ EWS-: Rs. 750/- 

SC/ST/PwBD/ Transgender                                         : Rs. 375/- 

Processing charges & GST are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable

Instructions for filling Online Application Form :

Download Information Bulletin and Replica of Application Form in https://icar.nta.ac.in/ website . Read these carefully and apply. 

 Follow the 4 steps given below to Apply Online: 

Step-1: Apply for Online Registration using unique Email Id and Mobile No. 

Step-2: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No. 

Step-3: Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb), Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4 kb – 30 kb) and Thumb impression (file size: 3 kb-30 kb) in JPG/JPEG format.

 Step-4: Pay fee using SBI/Canara/HDFC/ICICI/Paytm Payment Gateway through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI and keep proof of fee paid. In case the Confirmation Page is not generated after payment of fee then the transaction is cancelled, and amount will be refunded to the candidate’s account. However, the candidate has to make another transaction, in case the Confirmation Page is not generated. 

**All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate times

The final submission of Online Application Form will remain incomplete if Step 3 and Step 4 are not completed. Such forms will stand rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.


Note: Carefully read the Official Notification, Full Information Bulletin and Replica of Application Form in https://icar.nta.ac.in/ website and apply.

ICAR Entrance Examinations-2021 [(AIEEA(UG), AIEEA(PG) and AICE JRF/SRF(Ph.D)] , Important dates, Application and Announcement details- Check here


National Testing Agency (NTA) will be conducting the ICAR Entrance Examinations [AIEEA (UG), AIEEA (PG) & AICE-JRF/SRF(Ph.D)] -2021 for admission to the Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Doctoral Programmes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research(lCAR) for the academic session 2021-22.

The exam will consist of a single paper as per details given below:

 Date(s) of exam: 

  • AIEEA(UG)-7,8 and 13th September 2021 
  • AIEEA(PG) and
  •  AICE -JRF/SRF(Ph.D)-17th September 2021 

Mode of exam Computer Based Test (CBT Mode) Pattern of exam Objective Type comprising Multiple Choice Questions.

Mode Duration 

  • 150 minutes for AIEEA –(UG) 
  • 120 minutes for AIEEA-( PG) and AICE- JRF/SRF (Ph.D) 

Language of the paper:

  •  English and Hindi- for AIEEA-(UG),
  •  English only for AIEEA-( PG) and AICE JRF/SRF (Ph.D) 

Exam Centres: At 178 cities across India for ICAR AIEEA-(UG ) At 89 cities across India for ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE JRF/SRF-(Ph.D) 

Submission of online application forms and payment of exam fee From 25.07.2021 to 20.08.2021

Apply online at https://icar.nta.ac.in only during the period from 25.07.2021 to 20.08.2021 and also pay the applicable fee, online, through the payment gateway using debit/credit cards, net banking, UPI or Paytm.

Scheme Guidelines for Financing Facility for Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

Scheme Guidelines for central sector scheme of Financing facility under ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’

 The role of infrastructure is crucial for agriculture development and for taking the production dynamics to the next level. It is only through the development of infrastructure, especially at the post harvest stage that the produce can be optimally utilized with opportunity for value addition and fair deal for the farmers.

 The Hon’ble Finance Minister announced on 15.05.2020 Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers. Financing facility of Rs. 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & aggregation points (Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies, Farmers Producer Organizations, Agriculture entrepreneurs, Start-ups, etc.). Impetus for development of farmgate & aggregation point, affordable and financially viable Post Harvest Management infrastructure. 


Wheat, paddy procurement at all-time high: Indian Government

Around 433.32 LMT wheat procured in the current marketing season RMS 2021-22 so far, against the last year corresponding purchase of 387.66L MT -11.77 % more in comparison to last year’s corresponding period. This is an all time high, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

About 49.14 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs 85,581.35 crore, the ministry said in a statement. In addition, 869.76LMTs of paddy was procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS benefitting 128.37 Lakh farmers. This is 14.55 % more paddy procured in comparison to last year’s corresponding period. Government agencies have also procured total 10,49,575.80 MT of Pulses and Oilseeds on MSP.

About 128.37 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 1,64,211.54 crore.

The government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 10,49,575.80 MT of Moong, Urad, Tur, Gram, Masoor, Groundnut Pods, Sunflower seed Mustard Seed and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.5,662.82 Crores benefitting 6,38,366 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Odisha and Rajasthan under Kharif 2020-21 and Rabi 2021 and Summer 2021.

Around 5089 MT of copra (the perennial crop) having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during the crops season 2020-21. For the season 2021-22, sanction for procurement of 51000 MT of Copra from Tamil Nadu has been given, against which procurement will be started from the date as decided by the state government.



Too early to assess impact of delayed monsoon on kharif crops: Narendra Singh Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said it is too early to assess the impact of delayed monsoon on kharif crops as sowing is still underway.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), southwest monsoon rainfall as whole is less by 5 per cent of the normal rainfall during the period till July 21, Tomar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "It is too early to make an assessment of production of kharif crops since sowing is still continuing as sufficient window is still available," he said. The monsoon had set in over Kerala on June 3 against the normal arrival time of June 1, he added.



Small tea growers can avail benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme

 

Small tea growers can avail benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme.

Assam Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided farmers having annual patta (Eksonia Patta), Touji Patta, farmers cultivating in devottar land, farmers eligible to get land patta under F ..

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India’s booming corn exports amid global rally ease supply worries

India has stepped up corn exports as a rally in global prices to their highest since 2013 has made shipments from India competitive, easing concerns about rising food inflation in Southeast Asia.

Indian exporters have signed deals to sell around 4,00,000 tonnes of corn for shipment in June to July to animal feed producers in Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, according to two Singapore-based feed grain traders.

Cheaper corn supplies from India would keep the cost of animal feed lower for consumers of meat and chicken in Asia, who are among the most vulnerable to high food prices.

Benchmark Chicago corn futures have more than doubled since August on rising Chinese demand and declining production in key exporter Brazil. In early May, prices hit their highest since March 2013 at over $7 a bushel.