April 15, 2021
According to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Agriculture Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to run a pilot program for 100 villages in six states to help farmers in reducing input cost and boost income.
Tomar highlighted that the Centre is transferring Rs. 6,000 per year to farmers under the PM-KISAN in a transparent manner.
This modern technology will help in making the agriculture sector profitable and also attracting youth towards farming and Microsoft has entered into this memorandum of understanding (MoU) along with its associate Crop Data Technologies.
Under the pilot project, which will run for a year, many activities will be carried out to boost farmers’ income through the reduction in input cost and better post-harvest management, the statement said.