Sarkari Naukri

14 August 2021 Current Affairs:The government of India has made a option for opening Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in each of the rural districts across the country.

About Krishi Vigyan Kendra:
♦ Krishi Vigyan Kendras usually regarded as KVKs are the agricultural science centres established as innovative establishments for imparting vocational coaching to the practising farmers, faculty dropouts and area stage extension functionaries.
♦ The eleventh National Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference used to be held in New Delhi in February 2020.
♦ The 1st Krishi Vigyan Kendra, on a pilot basis, was hooked up in 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry) under the administrative management of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore.
♦ All KVKs are under the jurisdiction of one of the 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs) for the duration of India.
♦ These Krishi Vigyaan Kendra are a hundred per cent financed by using the Government of India and are necessary to satisfy the target of doubling farmer’s profits in close to future.