Agriculture & Commodities

SOPs for use of Drone in Crop Protection released

Union Agriculture Minister releases Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for use of Drone in Pesticide Application for Crop Protection and for spraying Soil and Crop Nutrients; Drone Technology is useful for Agriculture and will benefit Farmers: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar […]

Technology

AIM, NITI Aayog & UNCDF announce first AgriTech cohort

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) rolled out their first AgriTech Challenge cohort for its ambitious innovative Agri-tech program that aims to help smallholder farmers across Asia and Africa to address their challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. […]

General

NITI Aayog signs a SoI with UNWFP

NITI Aayog signs a Statement of Intent with United Nations World Food Program (WFP); The partnership focuses on mainstreaming of millets and supporting India in taking lead globally in knowledge exchange; The Sol focuses on strategic and technical collaboration between NITI Aayog and WFP […]

Foreign Relations

French Secretary General visits India

Mr François Delattre, Secretary-General, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, is on an official visit to India fromDecember 20-22, 2021. The visit comes on the heels of the Annual Defence Dialogue held on 17 December 2021 in New Delhi between Shri Rajnath Singh, Raksha Mantri and Ms Florence Parly, French Minister for Armed Forces. […]