Current Context: The Union Minister of Agriculture and Family Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched the National Agriculture Research and Education System- Cloud Infrastructure and Services, named as ‘Krishi Megh’.
- This agriculture research and its educational system Krishi Megh is designed with the features of digital agriculture of New India.
- Along with Krishi Megh, KVC ALUNET is also launched. KVC ALUNET signifies and stands for Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Chhatr Alumni Network.
- An Online Accreditation System for Higher Agricultural Educational Institution (HEI) was also launched.
- Krishi Megh will meet the mandatory needs of Digital Agriculture NARES (National Agriculture Research and Education System).
- With the help of Krishi Megh, the current ICAR-DC will get boost and strength to perform its task more efficiently because of the cloud computing technology platform.
- The coordination among NARES, ICAR-DC and Krishi Megh will be led to provide a robust and advanced platform which will meet IT needs by deploying applications like e-office, ERP solutions, websites, portals, android mobile applications etc.
- ICAR-Krishi Megh at ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management Hyderabad is synchronized with ICAR-Data Center at ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi. It has been built to mitigate the risk, availability, and accessibility of e-governance, research, enhance the quality, extension and education in the field of agriculture in India.
- The centre is incorporated with AI, various learning software, tool kits, image processing to detect diseases in livestock, pest identification with the help of image analysis etc.
Question:
Q.1 What is the name of the National Agriculture Research and Education System- Cloud Infrastructure and Services, launched by Narendra Singh Tomar?
a. Krishi Megh
b. Krishi Mitratva
c. Adhunik Krishi
d. None of the above
a. Krishi Megh
b. Krishi Mitratva
c. Adhunik Krishi
d. None of the above
