Department of Agriculture

Designed and developed by a team of researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) led by senior scientist Dr Tsering Stobdan, Ladakhi farmers now have a passive solar greenhouse that allows them to grow vegetables throughout the year.

The ‘National Agriculture Market’ or NAM scheme was launched as a portal last year with the goal of formulating a unified national market for agricultural commodities by integrating Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees or APMCs across states in India.