13) Krishi Megh

Question 1

What is Krishi Megh attributed in English ?

Answer 1

“National Agricultural Research and Education System – Cloud Infrastructure and Services”

Question 2

Who has launched this ?

Answer 2

Union Agriculture Ministry

Question 3

What is it ?

Answer 3

It is a data recovery centre setup to protect the data of ICAR

Question 4

Aim ?

Answer 4

It aims to meet the services and infrastructure needs of Digital Agriculture of NARES

Question 5

What is NARES ?

Answer 5

National Agriculture Research and Education System

It is a Govt of India and World Bank funded project designed for strengthening the agricultural education system in the country

Objective is to provide more relevant and high quality education to the agriculture university students in line with NEP-2020

Question 6

Where is it located ?

Answer 6

At National Academy of Agricultural Research management , Hyderabad

Question 7

Significance ?

Answer 7

1) It is a step forward towards digital agriculture of New India
2) It would deploy mission critical applications such as e-Office, ICAR-ERP, Education portal, KVK portal etc

Question 8

Details of ICAR ?

Answer 8

It is an autonomous org under Dept of Agri Research and Education , Min of Agri and Farmers Welfare
President – Union Minister of Agriculture