Union Budget 2023: There was something very special for agriculture and farmers in the Union Budget 2023-24. During this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced to prepare such a digital platform for the farmers, which will help in meeting every small and big requirement of the farmers. The government will soon prepare the Kisan Digital Public Infrastructure Platform, on which all the information related to their agricultural needs will be available to the farmers.
PM after presentation of Budget 2023-24 in Parliament House Narendra Modi Said in his address that India has set new records in digital payment, now it has to be taken to the villages and farmers have to be connected with this digital platform. In this interview, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman explained the importance of digital public infrastructure platform.
Digital Public Infrastructure Platform
Finance Minister Sitharaman told that it will prove to be very convenient for the farmers. Here the farmers do not have to download any application nor pay any charge, but a public utility will be created, so that all the information required by the farmers to perform better in the agriculture sector is made available on the digital public infrastructure platform. Will go
For example, farmers will also be advised that from where they will get good and improved quality seeds, who is there to supply or source them, arrangements for soil testing before cultivation, how farmers willing to do natural farming It will help, what information will be available from Krishi Vigyan Kendras, how to use nutrients in farming.
All such information will be made available to the farmers free of cost, so that it becomes convenient to do farming in a better way and the possibility of loss is reduced.
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Many times due to lack of correct information, problems have to be faced in agriculture. This is the reason why the government is now going to create a digital public infrastructure platform based on open source for the agriculture sector, where focused information and facilities will be available for the farmers.
Digital Agriculture Mission is also helpful
Let us tell you that some time ago, the government had launched the Digital Agriculture Mission, so that the farmers are not limited only to farming, but also stay connected with technology. This digital agriculture is proving helpful in increasing the income of the farmers.
Sometime back, Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for the Ministry of Food and Processing Industries, had described the Digital Agriculture Mission as a miracle. In this way, help is reaching the farmers directly without any middlemen.
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