The FRUITS Portal is integrated to the BHOOMI Package of the Karnataka State for fetching and validating the land details
The Government of Karnataka launches “FRUITS” (Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System) Portal, a project of e-Governance Department.
Delivering the key note address, A Manimekhalai, Executive Director, Canara Bank, said, “The FRUITS Portal is integrated to the BHOOMI Package of the Karnataka State for fetching and validating the land details. One other important facility of this Portal is online creation of charge by which visit of farmers to Sub-Registrar Office is avoided.”
Rajeev Chawla, Additional Chief Secretary,e-Governance, Government of Karnataka informed that this is the latest initiative from the Government of Karnataka to bring all the farmers in the State with land and other details to a single Portal. In this Portal, all the farmers will be registered and given a FID Number.
Using this number, the Financial Institutions and Lending Institutions can access the land details of the farmers as well as their borrowings and take a quick decision on lending to the farmers depending on their requirements. It is hoped that Bankers will find this initiative, a very useful one. He also lauded Canara Bank for agreeing to take up the Project on a pilot basis. Once the same is found successful, all other Financial Institutions will be brought on to the Portal so that at one place, all the data pertaining to the loans of the farmers will be available.
Niraj Verma, Chief General Manager & Head of Karnataka Regional Office, NABARD said, “FRUITS Portal is the first of its kind in the country wherein the land and other details of all the farmers in the State are being captured and he hoped that this Project should serve as a role model to other States in the country. Karnataka, being the IT Hub of the country, always had tech-enabled initiatives and this FRUITS Portal is one such proposal from the Government.”
