Krishi Megh

Krishi Megh

IN NEWS:

• Mr Narendra Singh Tomar today virtually launched the Krishi Meg services.

About Krishi Megh:

• Krishi Megh is another name for National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services.
• Krishi Megh has been set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the government and World Bank.
• Krishi Megh  integrates the ICAR-Data Centre at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi with the Disaster Recovery Centre at the ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad.
• Krishi Megh will enable the farmers, researchers, students and policy makers to access updated and latest information regarding agriculture, research, education and extension in digital form generated by ICAR institutes and State Agriculture Universities.
• Krishi Megh is equipped with the latest AI / Deep learning software / tools kits for building and deploying of deep learning-based applications through image analysis, disease identification in livestock, etc.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Krishi megh is a cloud infrastructure project that has been partially funded by:
(a)Asian development Bank
(b)USAID
(c)World Bank
(d)Food and agricultural organization

Answer to prelims question