The agriculture ministry on 20th Dec 2016 launched an ICAR data centre -connecting 274 specialised institutions and universities -which will act as an information hub for the farm sector and eventually link the rural population with high speed internet network.
The centre will cater to research institutions by providing consultancy , project management, training and other value-added services.
This data centre of ICAR will play an important role in promoting the `Digital India Campaign' in the agriculture sector.
The campaign aims at providing electronic services while reducing the requirements of paper.
Traders of farm produce have recently questioned the wheat production estimate of 93.55 million tonnes for 2015-16 crop year, saying the actual output was around 86 million tonnes.
A mobile app for `Krishi Vigyan Kendra' was also launched.
