RAS question
What is the name of the India-Brazil agritech cross-incubation programme launched in September 2025?
Correct answer: (C) Maitri 2.0.
The India-Brazil agritech cross-incubation programme launched in New Delhi on 22 September 2025 was Maitri 2.0, the second edition of the Brazil-India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech.
Explanation
The programme was Maitri 2.0, the second edition of the Brazil-India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech. ICAR's official release places the launch in New Delhi on 22 September 2025, and Dr. M. L. Jat, Director General of ICAR, launched it. The naming matters because the release frames Maitri 2.0 as a two-way learning platform for Indian and Brazilian innovators, aimed at co-creation. It also says the programme brings together startups, innovators and institutions from both countries to strengthen incubator linkages, promote co-incubation and exchange best practices in agritech.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Agri Bridge is wrong because the ICAR launch note names the India-Brazil agritech cross-incubation programme as Maitri 2.0, not Agri Bridge.
- (B) Sahyog 2.0 is wrong because the official release attaches the '2.0' title to Maitri, the second edition of the Brazil-India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech.
- (D) Krishi Mitra is wrong because ICAR's release identifies Maitri 2.0 as the programme launched for bilateral agritech collaboration with Brazil.
Concept
This tests current-affairs awareness in science and technology, especially international cooperation in agritech. Such programme-name questions recur in RAS because official initiatives often link institutions, diplomacy and applied technology.