The Union Minister stressed on the quality research and advanced agricultural education
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has virtually inaugurated the “Virtual Classroom” & “Agri-Diksha Web Education Channel” recently. The Union Minister also released the “Exploration Centre & Drone Remote Sensing Laboratory” and “Manual on Drone Remote Sensing” during the occasion. Tomar applauded the efforts of all the scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The minister stressed on the quality research and advanced agricultural education that can make agriculture a medium of employment generation.
Tomar also lauded the responsible efforts by the academicians and scientists of the Pusa Institute along with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, State Agricultural Universities and Education Division of the Council. He stressed on the pivotal role played by the various digital platforms to implement the various Central Government Schemes at the ground level effectively. The Union Minister stated that digital platforms help to connect with a wide array of people at a given time. He also emphasized that the two programmes will be a milestone in uplifting the livelihood standards of the agri-students and farmers to a large extent.
Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare stated that the new technological venture by the Council in the arena of agricultural researches and education is commendable. The Minister regarded the conduct of virtual meetings as a perfect way to contain the spread of COVID-19 Pandemic.
Outlining about the Krishi-Megh Scheme of the National Agricultural Higher Education Project, Dr RC Agrawal, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education), ICAR apprised the dignitaries about the various features of the new Virtual Classroom & Agri-Diksha Web Education Channel.
