Bihar
Hiring Mobile App
- 05 Nov 2022
- 2 min read
Why In News?
- On November 4, 2022, Bihar Cooperation Minister Surendra Prasad Yadav launched the hiring mobile app under the 'Mukhyamantri Harit Krishi Plant Yojana'. Through this app, farmers will be able to book agricultural equipment from their mobile sitting at home.
Key Points
- With this, Bihar has become the first state in the country to develop a fully government app and provide agricultural machinery to small and marginal farmers on hire.
- Just as people in cities use online apps to get taxi service, 1 crore 80 lakh farmers of Bihar will be able to call for tractors to plough their fields.
- PACS will provide not only tractors but also 31 types of agricultural machinery to the farmer at a rate lower than the market rate.
- The Cooperation Minister said that through the Chief Minister's Green Agriculture Plant Scheme, agricultural equipment bank has been set up in selected PACS at panchayat level, through which the service of modern agricultural plants is being made available to small and marginal farmers at a competitive rate.
- Farmers will get the service of modern agricultural machines at fixed rent as per their convenience. For the convenience of the farmers, the facility of booking agricultural equipment is also available on the toll free number 1800 1800 110 Sugam of the Department of Cooperation. Presently 2828 packs will get this facility.
- Giving information about the app, Cooperation Secretary Vandana Preyashi said that under the Chief Minister's Green Agriculture Scheme, the scheme amount has been provided to each selected PACS at the rate of Rs 15 lakh per pack in the form of 50 percent grant and 50 percent loan.
