AgriEnIcs Programme:
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the transfer of technology under the AgriEnIcs Programme.
- It is a national programme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- It involves research, development, deployment, demonstration, and commercialization of technologies in the agriculture and environment domain.
- It serves as a national platform for R&D and technology translation in agriculture and environmental management.
- By integrating AI, IoT, machine vision, and sensor networks, the initiative aims to bring digital precision to sectors that directly impact farmers and communities.
- The programme’s collaborative framework—uniting research institutions, industry partners, and government agencies.
- The programme is being implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, as the nodal agency with participating agencies from Academic Institutes, R&D laboratories, and Industries.
- C-DAC is the apex research and development wing of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- It was established in the year 1988.
- Its main purpose was to carry out research and development in Electronics, IT and other associated areas.
- It was set up to build Supercomputers in the context of the denial of import of Supercomputers by the USA.
- C-DAC built India’s first indigenously built supercomputer Param 8000 in 1991.
