Annual Report 2009-2010 - Department of Agriculture & Co-operation

20.1 The National Agriculture Policy (NAP) lays
emphasis on the use of Information Technology
for achieving the rapid development of
agriculture in India. In pursuance of this mandate,
the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
(DAC) has taken an initiative to prepare a National
e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A) with
a view to promote the focused and integrated
implementation of e-governance activities in
agriculture. Phase I of the NeGP-A has been
completed. It has identified 22 (18+4) priority
services to be provided to the farming
community.A Detailed Project Report has been
approved and further action for it's
implementation has been initiated.
20.2 Phase II of the NeGP-A is underway. The
ongoing e-governance initiatives at the DAC and
under AGRISNET will also be integrated under
NeGP-A.
20.3 In order to promote e-governance in
Agriculture at the Centre and to provide support
to states and UTs for the same, the DAC is
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implementing a Central Sector Scheme,
Strengthening/Promoting an Agricultural
Information System. The scheme has the
following components:
i) Development of Agricultural Informatics
and Communication;
ii) Strengthening of IT apparatus in the
Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation in states and UTs
(AGRISNET);
iii) IT apparatus at the DAC headquarters,
field offices and directorates;
iv) Agricultural Resources Information
Systems (AgRIS); and
v) Kisan Call Centres.
20.4 Development of Agricultural Informatics
and Communication and other Applications: The
objective of this component is to build a reservoir
of data related to agriculture, and the
development of web-enabled applications. It
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