UPSC CSE Mains 2015 · GS3

How can the ‘Digital India’ programme help farmers to improve farm productivity and income? What steps has the Government taken in this regard?

Theme

T140 Technology in agriculture: e-technology, Digital India, nano, satellites

What UPSC asks in this theme

UPSC asks how e-technology helps production and marketing, Digital India for farmers, nanotechnology in agriculture, science-led changes in agriculture, and satellite-based climate-smart farming.

What to cover

Digital Agriculture Mission, AgriStack, soil health cards
Drones (Kisan drones), remote sensing
Nano urea and nano-fertilisers
Climate-smart practices

Writing the answer

Link each technology to farmer income

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 5 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

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