Agrisnet Home Page- West Bengal

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AGRISNET is a Mission Mode Project under National e-Governance Plan of Government of India, Department of Agriculture & Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture has decided to launch a Central Sector Scheme titled, “Strengthening / Promoting Agricultural Informatics & Communications” of which one component is AGRISNET.

This portal shall provide relevant information and services to the farming community and private sector through the use of information and communication technologies, to supplement the existing delivery channels provided for by the department.

The portal provides the end users with the ability to access services through an online platform at their door-step.

Development of Citizen Centric Applications and making the services available.

Establishment of networking among all Agricultural Offices up to Block level with State Department of Agriculture for improving information access and to provide advisory services to the farming community through use of ICT.

The offices of Agriculture Department including the District/Sub-Division/Block level offices need to be connected through a Network based on WBSWAN / NICNET.

Officers at Department & Directorate at Head Quarter,District, Sub Division and Block level

Departments of Government of West Bengal

Department of Agriculture & Co-operation, Government of India

KPS / Farmers / Citizen

Research Centre

NGOs

All Manufacturers /Dealers / Agencies of Fertiliser & Manures / Seed / Pesticide in West Bengal

Improved information access and effective delivery of services to the farming community

Establishing Agriculture on-line

Faster and efficient Redressal of Farmers’ Grievances

Efficient and improved communication system among all the offices of the department of Agriculture in the state through the use of e-mails services

Improved transparency and accountability of the Department

Direct feedback from farming community to the decision makers in the state

Better monitoring of Government Schemes, which directly impact the farmers

Efficient management (Development, Conservation , allocation and utilization) of resources

Improved productivity and profitability of farmers through better advisory systems

Efficient & Increased utilization of Information by Stakeholders for their decision-making

Foundation for development of e-business in Agriculture

Better organizational efficiency and productivity

Soil

Area/ Service

Fertiliser

Area/ Service

Seed

Area/ Service

Project

Area/ Service

Pesticide

Area/ Service

RTI

Area/ Service

Project Monitoring System (approval, physical and financial progress of various Central State Government Projects)In the proposed Web-enabled System,the fund handling authority of the Department posted at Department, Directorate and District will enter the necessary data with respect to allocation, release and utilization for a particular scheme / component, so that senior management can have a picture on balance fund available at any point of time and take a decision on mobilization of the balanced fund. Soil Test based Fertiliser Recommendation System and Generation of Soil Health Card Application Software has been implemented successfully in all the 10 Soil Testing Labs (Govt.)in WestBengal. At present, the percentage of samples received in a lab directly from Farmers is 2 to 5% of the total samplestested in a year. The Computerized System has helped farmers get the test results along with the recommendations within a sustainable time gap. This facilitation has motivated farmers to approach the Labs for testing more samples for cultivation of variety of cropsin different seasons. Within six months of Implementation of the Application Software, the intake of samples directly from farmers in Labs has increased to5% and within a year it is expected to catapult to 8 to 10%. Fertiliser Control Management System Plant Protection and Quality Control of Pesticides Certification and Quality Control of Seed Fertiliser Control that involves Quality Control, Registration of Dealers and Retailers Distribution (includes movement of fertilisers through transport mechanisms) Management (that includes Sale, Release of Subsidy, etc.) The Application Status for Pesticide License will be available on line along with the list of Registered Pesticides. At any point of time, the Govt. will have a view on total list of Registered Licensees in the State with all transactions on their licenses, their Company Infrastructure, the licensees manufacturing and selling spurious pesticides etc The Application Software has been implemented successfully in all the Seed Certification Offices (4 nos.) and all the Seed Testing Labs (3) in West Bengal. The Agency Database (District wise Seed Grower wise) has been created.