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49% Increase in Wheat Procurement for Ongoing RMS 2021-22 in Comparison to Corresponding Period of Last Year

Procurement of Wheat in ongoing RMS2021-22 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar at MSP, as was done in previous seasons, and till now (upto 06.05.2021) a quantity of over 323.67 LMT of Wheat has been procured against the last year corresponding purchase of 216.01 LMT. About32.21Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs. 63,924.56Crore.

Incap Invests in a Third Factory In India

Incap’s Tumkur factories are located near Bangalore in India and they specialise in the manufacturing of electronics and box-build products. The focus is on industrial customers such as automation, power generation and telecom companies. The factories serve customers all over the world and employ approximately 1,400 people.

India Predicts Another Agricultural Expansion

India has forecast an expansion of agriculture despite a massive surge in Covid-19 numbers, as farmers are projected to raise output to record levels in the oncoming kharif or summer-sown season, following a pandemic-defying performance in 2020.

IIT-Madras Startup’s AI-For-India Event Sets Guinness Record

As many as 112,314 students, IT professionals and others participated in the ‘AI-For-India’ event conducted on April 24 and 25. The event organised by IIT-Madras incubated startup GUVI and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to upskill the participants in python programming language set the world Guinness record for ‘most number of users to take a programming lesson in 24 hours,’ surpassing the previous record by 50 times more participants