CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Harsh Vardhantoday launched CSIR Technologies for rural development under a joint initiative of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA).

Detailed explanation-2: -Television and radio systems have become their major sources of entertainment and they even learn various things that they apply in their daily works, for example, programs on the television relating to agriculture benefit the farmers and they apply the appropriate methods in their occupation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Appropriate technology is small-scale technology. It is simple enough that people can manage it directly and on a local level. Appropriate technology makes use of skills and technology that are available in a local community to supply basic human needs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Information technology facilitates the storage and dissemination of information on emerging technologies, weather and soil conditions for growing various crops, etc, which ease the decision making process vis-a-vis production and productivity.