Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, launched the farmer-focused digital platform, 'Bharat Vistaar', from Jaipur today. The initiative aims to make farmers more knowledgeable, empowered, and well-informed. Through this platform, farmers will be able to access all necessary information with a single call via their mobile phones.
Addressing the gathering, the Union Agriculture Minister described this as a historic step towards a digital revolution in the agricultural sector. He stated that the initiative will provide farmers with crop-specific scientific advice, market prices, and weather information. He added that this initiative will be crucial in extending the vision of Digital India to rural India. He further emphasized that to increase farmers' income, it is essential to connect them not only with agriculture but also with animal husbandry, for which technology is essential.
Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Bhajan Lal Sharma, termed this digital initiative as the beginning of a farmer revolution and urged farmers to make maximum use of it. At the program held at the State Institute of Agricultural Management, Durgapura, the state's Agriculture Minister, Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, said that farmers will receive comprehensive agricultural services and information in their own language on an integrated digital platform.