Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch an online national agricultural products market platform that will integrate 585 wholesale markets across India. The launching of e-platform for marketing of agriculture products is being done with the aim to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022.
- In July last year, the Cabinet had approved setting up of an online national agriculture market with a budget of Rs 200 crore.
- At present, farmers are restricted to selling produce at mandis that charge various taxes. The online agri-market is expected to give choice to farmers to sell their produce both in physical mandis or online platform.
- The easy access to sell online trade is likely to boost their incomes and improve availability, moderating price rise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 11-day ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan (Village Self Governance Campaign)‘ on the 125th birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar in Madhya Pradesh
Did You Know?
- Soil Health Card (SHC), is an important scheme of the government, which aims at promoting soil test based and balanced use of fertilisers to enable farmers realise higher yields at lower cost.
- Government had announced the scheme in 2014-15 to provide soil health cards to 14 crore farmers.
- In 2016-17, 360 additional soil test laboratories will be made operational to test major and micro nutrients.
- This will increase the annual analysing capacity of state laboratories from 1.78 crore to 2.14 crore.
