Farmers will be able to get information in the desired language
A digital platform ‘KisanSarathi’ was launched jointly by Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, on the occasion of 93rd ICAR Foundation Day.
The event was presided over by Parshottam Rupala, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Kailash Choudhary, Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Shobha Karandlaje, Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
The other dignitaries present in the virtual event were Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) and Director General (ICAR), Abhishek Singh, MD & CEO, Digital India Corporation and senior officials from MeitY, ICAR & DARE. The event was attended by farmers, stakeholders and partners of ICAR, DARE, MeitY and KVKs across the country.
In his address, Vaishnaw, mentioned that with the digital platform, the farmers can interact and avail personalised advisories on agriculture and allied areas directly from the respective scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs).
Vaishnaw asked the ICAR scientists to take up research on new technological interventions in the area of transportation of farmer’s crops from their farm gate to warehouses, markets and the places where they want to sell with minimum damage. Union IT Minister assured that Ministry of Electronics and IT and Ministry of Communications will always be ready to provide all necessary support to Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for Empowerment of Farmers. He also mentioned that the Ministry of Railways is making a plan to minimise the time taken for the transportation of crops.
