'Unified Farmer Portal'

• 09 Sep 2021

Why in News

• On September 8, 2021, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Unified Farmer Portal- https:\\kisan.cg.nic.in.

Key Points

• Congratulating the farmers while launching the Integrated Kisan Portal, the Chief Minister said that it would be easy for the farmers to register themselves with this portal. To take advantage of various schemes, they have to register only once.
• This portal has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture.
• To take advantage of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, purchase of paddy at support price, Chief Minister's Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme and Kodo-Kutki, Ragi procurement scheme, farmers will have to register only once on the Integrated Farmer Portal.
• Agriculture Production Commissioner and Secretary, Agriculture Department, Dr. M. Geeta informed that the process of registration of farmers for various schemes has been simplified through this portal, so that farmers can be easily registered for various schemes.
• Implementation, management, supervision and reporting of schemes will be easy through this portal. The data available on this portal can also be carried forward as per the requirement.
• The integrated portal has been linked to the Bhuiyan Portal. In this portal, online verification of land details and girdawari data will be done from Bhuiyan portal so that accurate and quick data can be obtained. The portal will also facilitate physical verification of farmers' land and calculation of the amount given to farmers under the schemes.
• The portal developed by the Forest Department for the registration of forest rights lease holders, village panchayats and joint forest committees under the Chief Minister's Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme has been linked to the unified portal, so that single window facility can be provided to the applicants for registration.