Day: May 31, 2022

Wheat procurement in RMS 2022-23 has so far benefitted 17.50 Lakh farmers with an MSP value of Rs. 37,192.07 Crore

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Wheat procurement under the central pool is progressing in Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23 in the States/UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.      Upto 29.05.2022, a quantity of 184.58 LMT of wheat has been procured, benefiting about 17.50 Lakh farmers with MSP value of Rs.37,192.07 crore. Wheat Procurement in RMS 2022-23 (upto 29.05.2022)/ As on 30.05.2022 State/UT Quantity of wheat Procured (MTs) No of farmers benefitted MSP value (Rs. In Crore)  PUNJAB 9616811 797795 19377.87  HARYANA 4097380 307761 8256.22   UTTAR PRADESH  284035 69874 572.33   MADHYA PRAESH 4445964…

PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar

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PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the art Supercomputer at IIT Gandhinagar dedicated to the nation under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) – a joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), was commissioned on May 30, 2022 by Smt. Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator & Scientist ‘G’, MeitY in gracious presence of Prof. Amit Prashant, officiating Director, IIT Gandhinagar; Col. A.K Nath (Retd.), Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune; Shri Naveen Kumar, NSM- HPC Division, MeitY; Dr. Hemant Darbari, Mission Director- NSM, Dr Namrata Pathak, Associate…

National AI Portal (INDIAai.gov.in) celebrates its second anniversary

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The second-year anniversary of ‘National AI Portal (https://indiaai.gov.in)’ is celebrated on May 30, 2022.The National AI Portal is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and NASSCOM. The portal focuses on creating and nurturing a unified AI ecosystem in the country to drive excellence and leadership in knowledge creation to develop an AI-ready robust workforce for the future and use AI to foster economic growth. The portal was launched by the Hon’ble Minister for Electronics and IT and Communications on May 30,…