{"id":67742,"date":"2025-10-10T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67742"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:30:58","slug":"agrienics-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agrienics-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"AgriEnIcs Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>AgriEnIcs Programme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the transfer of technology under the AgriEnIcs Programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About AgriEnIcs Programme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a national programme of the <\/span><b>Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It involves research, development, deployment, demonstration, and commercialization of <\/span><b>technologies in the agriculture and environment domain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a national platform for <\/span><b>R&amp;D and technology translation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in agriculture and environmental management.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By integrating AI, IoT, machine vision, and sensor networks, the initiative aims to bring digital precision to sectors that <\/span><b>directly impact farmers and communities.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme\u2019s collaborative framework\u2014uniting research institutions, industry partners, and government agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Agency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The programme is being implemented by the <\/span><b>Centre for Development of Advanced Computing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(C-DAC), Kolkata, as the nodal agency with participating agencies from Academic Institutes, R&amp;D laboratories, and Industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is C-DAC?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>apex research and development wing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in 1988<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Purpose:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its main purpose was to <\/span><b>carry out research and development in Electronics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, IT and other associated areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was set up to build Supercomputers in the context of denial of import of Supercomputers by the USA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C-DAC built India\u2019s first indigenously built supercomputer Param 8000 in 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2176481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AgriEnIcs Programme is a national programme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). 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