CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched Kisan Sabha App. It will connect farmers to supply chain and freight transportation Management System.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kisan Sabha app made by CSIR CRRI connects farmers with transporters directly, without the need of middlemen. Available in 12 regional languages, apart from English.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kisan Sabha movement started in Bihar under the leadership of Sahajanand Saraswati who had formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilise peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights, and thus sparking the farmers’ movements in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kisan Suvida Mobile has been developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for farmers to facilitate dissemination of information on Weather, Market Prices, Plant Protection, Agro-advisory, Extreme Weather Alerts, Dealers – Seed, Pesticide, Fertilizer, Farm Machinery, Call to Kisan Call.