Biotech Kisan Scheme

Biotech Kisan Scheme
 

News: The Government said that over 1,60,000 farmers have received benefits during the Biotech-KISAN scheme in the past one year.
 

About:
 It was launched by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology and is a Pan-India hub-spoke model.
 It seeks to counsel and provide solutions to farmers on problems related to water, soil, seeds, and marketing.
 It stimulates entrepreneurship and innovation in farmers empower women farmers and identifies and promotes local farm leadership in both genders.
 It follows a problem solving approach where it understands the problem of the local farmer, then link available science and technology to the farm, and provide scientific solutions to those problems.