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  Why in News Recently, the  Centre for Development of Advanced Computing  (C-DAC) under the  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (Meity) has signed 13 MoUs with the  premier academic and research and development  (R&D) institutions of India. Key Points Aims behind the Move: To  establish supercomputing infrastructure  with assembly and manufacturing in India and  critical components  of the  National Supercomputing Mission . Supercomputing  has  applications  in so many areas like computational biology and chemistry, molecular dynamics, national security,  big data  analytics, government information systems, and so on. It becomes a powerful tool, paired with  artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) , enabling it to empower people and make India ready to tackle future challenges. To develop  India’s indigenous hardware  encompassing  exascale  ...

  C-DAC is the premier  Research & Development organization  of the  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (Meity) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. India's first supercomputer  PARAM 8000  was indigenously built (in 1991) by the C-DAC. Various activities of C-DAC in the area of agriculture: Electronic Nose and Vision (ENOVISION) system  for measuring quality parameters of  tea and rice. This work is being  extended to other products  such as chilli, turmeric and to environmental engineering. C-DAC has also developed  Wireless Data Logger  used for determining the fitness of perishable agricultural items. Ubiquitous Agriculture (u-Agri):  An  Internet of Things  (IoT) based system for acquiring micro-climate information from agricultural fields and providing personalized and localized advisories on Pest and Disease Forewarning and Irrigation Scheduling, to fa...

  Why in News A  pilot ‘Aquaponics facility’  has been developed by the   Centre for Development of Advanced Computing  (C-DAC) , Mohali at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary University (GADVASU), Ludhiana. Key Points State-of-the-art facility:  It is equipped with  advanced sensors  for  monitoring and automated controls  of the farming system. The  supercomputing power being provided by C-DAC  in developing agriculture technology. Funding Support  was provided by  the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (Meity). Other Features: The facility is  nearly 100% organic. Needs much less land for a given yield of crop. Consumes 90% less water. The fish and plants grown together are more nutritious. Significance: Demand  for fishes and crops (lettuce, spinach, capsicum, coriander, broccoli and some other leafy plants) is increasing rapidly in urban areas. The  aspirational rural youth will be draw...