Lok Sabha Question No. 1183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Mobile Application for Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1183

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## MOBILE APPLICATION FOR FARMERS

1183.   SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning any mobile application in a bid to use technology for the benefit of farmers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the farmers get information on farm subsidies, booking of farm equipment and related infrastructure, crop insurance and subsidies;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any of the States has implemented such systems; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): The  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers Welfare    has  developed Kisan Suvidha mobile application to facilitate dissemination of information to farmers on the critical parameters  viz.,    Weather;  Market  Prices;    Plant  Protection;    Agro-advisory;  Extreme  Weather Alerts;  Dealers-Seed,  Pesticide,  Fertilizer,  Farm  Machinery;  Soil  Health  Card;  Cold  Storages  & Godowns,  Veterinary  Centres  and  Diagnostic  Labs.  Farmers  can  download  Kisan  Suvidha  app through Google Play Store and mkisan.gov.in, to access all the information free of cost. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has also compiled more than 100 mobile apps developed by ICAR, State Agricultural Universities  (SAUs) and  Krishi Vigyan  Kendras   and  uploaded on  its website.  These  mobile  apps have  been  developed  in  the  areas  of  crops,  horticulture,  veterinary, dairy, poultry, fisheries, natural resource management and integrated subjects. These apps offers valuable information to the farmers, including package of practices, market prices of various commodities, weather related information, advisory services, etc.
- (c) & (d): Farmers can get information on farm subsidies;  dealers of Seed, Pesticide, Fertilizer, Farm Machinery;  crop insurance and subsidies;  under various schemes through main portal of the Department of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers Welfare    i.e.  agricoop.gov.in.  and  Farmers' portal i.e. https://farmer.gov.in/. Farmers' portal provides information on all agriculture related areas through a single umbrella. Farmers can also get scheme-wise information from the portals of the Sub-mission  on  Agriculture  Mechanization  (https://farmech.dac.gov.in/);    Mission  for  Integrated Development  of Horticulture (https://midh.gov.in/); Pradhan  Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (https://pmksy.gov.in/); Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (https://pmfby.gov.in/); Soil Health Card Scheme (https://soilhealth.dac.gov.in/); National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (https://nmoop.gov.in/); National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; (https://www.nabard.org/content.aspx?id=602); National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (https://nmsa.dac.gov.in/); etc.
- (e) & (f): No data about systems developed by the States for dissemination of information, is maintained centrally. However, as per information provided by some States,  Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya have developed portals to disseminate information, inter-alia, about schemes relating to  farmers.

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