The Government has devised
certain mechanism to inform farmers about market information via SMS from the
AGMARKNET Portal. Daily price information is collected from Agricultural
Produce Markets (APMCs) on the Agmarknet portal on real-time basis. Efforts are
made to disseminate desired information on commodities and mandies to farmers
through SMS in their local languages.
Farmers registering on the
AGMARKNET portal and m-kisan portal are provided with SMS through m-kisan
portal.
Besides this, efforts are made to
provide market information via SMS by other public and private agencies who
have sought live data access through Advanced Programming Interface (API) route
from AGMARKNET portal. Iffco Kisan Sanchar Ltd (IKSL) is providing market
information to farmers through voice SMS. Media Lab Asia, is providing Market
Information through SMS and interactive way in three states viz. Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana and Meghalaya in their local languages. Karnataka State
Marketing Board is also providing market information to farmers from their
Krishi Maratha Vahini in local languages.
So far more than 1194 crore
messages have been sent to the stakeholders/registered farmers through m-Kisan
Portal. The details of users registered under AGMARKNET, Media Lab Asia, KSAMB
& NIC (Karnataka), IFFICO Kisan Sanchar Ltd. is given below
The details of users registered
under AGMARKNET, Medialab Asia, KSAMB & NIC (Karnataka), IFFICO Kisan
Sanchar Ltd. For market information via SMS
|
Sl. No
|
State/Agency
|
AGMARKNET
(No of
Registered users)
|
Medialab
Asia
(No of
Registered Users)
|
*KSAMB &
NIC
(Karnataka)
(No of
Registered Users)
|
IFFICO KISAN
SANCHAR LTD(IKSL)
|
|
No of Users
|
(No of voice
SMS)
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1346
|
10,577
|
-
|
69,501
|
38,07,125
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
71
|
-
|
-
|
3,04,353
|
1,22,42,826
|
|
4
|
Chattisgarh
|
219
|
-
|
-
|
7,093
|
3,89,978
|
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
580
|
-
|
-
|
47,374
|
41,84,885
|
|
6
|
Haryana
|
297
|
-
|
-
|
13,578
|
5,51,923
|
|
7
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
27
|
-
|
-
|
9,572
|
1,93,689
|
|
8
|
Jammu Kashmir
|
14
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
152
|
25,36,768
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
756
|
-
|
2,48,353
|
1,03,679
|
75,16,083
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
85
|
-
|
-
|
|
1,25,771
|
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
431
|
-
|
-
|
42,258
|
22,13,857
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
2676
|
-
|
-
|
34,493
|
54,35,662
|
|
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
9,956
|
-
|
|
|
|
14
|
Nagaland
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
15
|
Odisha
|
85
|
-
|
-
|
3,27,250
|
87,90,353
|
|
16
|
Punjab
|
1214
|
-
|
-
|
24,042
|
10,44,800
|
|
17
|
Rajasthan
|
279
|
-
|
-
|
81,619
|
69,26,051
|
|
18
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1123
|
-
|
-
|
22,026
|
10,78,885
|
|
19
|
Telangana
|
202
|
10,052
|
-
|
|
|
|
20
|
Tripura
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
21
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
679
|
-
|
-
|
5,16,913
|
2,57,05,441
|
|
22
|
Uttarakhand
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
343
|
53,878
|
|
23
|
West Bengal
|
83
|
-
|
-
|
1,01,354
|
46,63,642
|
|
24
|
Andaman &
Nicobar
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
25
|
Chandigarh
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
26
|
NCT of Delhi
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
27
|
Pondicherry
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
8,74,61,617
|
|
Note:
1. Under
AGMARKNET system, SMS are provided to registered users for 3 mandies and 3
crops of their choice through m-Kisan portal.
2. Media Lab
Asia is providing the market information through text SMS as well as
interactive way
3. KSAMB and
NIC system of Karnataka in SMS in local language.
4.IKSL voice
messages
* KSAMB and NIC
are jointly implementing the scheme.
|
This information was given by the
Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala
in Lok Sabha today.
SS/AK