: Your guide to the best answer #IndiaNEWS #Education Today Hyderabad: Find out how to write mains answer related to the current affairs topic given in the exam. In the previous articles, we learnt

Your guide to the best answer #IndiaNEWS #Education Today
Hyderabad: Find out how to write mains answer related to the current affairs topic given in the exam. In the previous articles, we learnt how to write a good answer related to the current affairs topic asked in the exam. We got good responses from the readers through emails and calls to continue this series with more dynamic content. So, in this article, we are going to continue this theme of current affairs. This answer will serve as a guiding light, thus helping you in writing answers to similar topics you come across.
Today, we will see how to write a mains answer related to the current affairs topic. The topic for today is Digital India specifically related to agriculture. Now we will see how to address this topic in question-and-answer format.
This question is related to the Economic Development and Technology part of the syllabus.
How can the ‘Digital India’ programme help farmers to improve farm productivity and income? What steps has the Government taken in this regard?
Answer:
Introduction: Digital India mission was launched by the Government of India as a programme to transform India into a digitally empowered nation and to mould India into a knowledge economy. Some of its important pillars include e-Kranti to deliver government services electronically, Information for All, Public Internet Access programmes, etc.
Body:
Significance of Digital India mission for farm sector:
1) Improving accessibility of farm extension services: Farmer extension services could be provided at the fingertips to farmers through digital mode. Weather forecasting reports, monsoon forecasts, etc. , would help farmers in taking their cropping decisions in an informed manner.
2) Access to market information: Connecting farmers digitally would improve their access to market information such as market demand and prices of their commodities. This helps in obtaining better prices for their commodities and thus enhancing price realisation.
3) Providing leak-proof subsidies: Government can provide subsidies to farmers through direct benefit transfer to their bank accounts which would reduce systemic leakages and enhance the efficiency of subsidy delivery.
4) Access to institutional credit: Digital India mission in convergence with financial inclusion schemes help in providing institutional credit to small and marginal farmers. Example: PM Jan Dhan Yojana has achieved significant strides in bringing large sections of unbanked into the banking net.
5) Other ICT technologies: ICT technologies can be harnessed to improve the information available to farmers about the quality of their farmland. Example: Yantra is one such system that continuously monitors the soil temperature, moisture content of the soil and availability of nutrients, etc.

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