Source: PIB
Context: On 15 August 2026, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, launched the RSVC-AMRIT platform, developed by NABARD in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (OPSA), to strengthen rural innovation and technology transfer.
What is RSVC-AMRIT?
- The digital backbone of the RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) ecosystem.
- AMRIT stands for Accelerated Medium for Rural Innovations and Technologies.
| Function | What it does |
|---|---|
| Technology discovery | Helps identify suitable technologies for rural needs |
| Validation | Tests whether a technology actually works in the field |
| Deployment tracking | Follows where a technology has been installed |
| Monitoring | Tracks performance after deployment |
| Knowledge management | Builds a national repository of rural innovations and best practices |
About NABARD
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Status | India’s apex development financial institution for agriculture and rural development |
| Chairman | Dr. Shaji Krishnan V. (Shaji K.V.) |
What is RuTAG?
- RuTAG — Rural Technology Action Group — is an initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, operating through IIT-based cells that adapt scientific and engineering solutions to rural needs.
- The RSVC model extends this by creating village-level centres where those technologies are demonstrated, adopted and maintained — and RSVC-AMRIT is the digital system that ties the centres, the technologies and the users together.
