BRIEF NOTE ON AGRISNET
     

1.BACKGROUND:

1.1       The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India has already started implementing e-Governance through various ICT initiatives as given below:-

·        ICT Infrastructure for Headquarters (http://intradac.nic.in)

·        Networking of Directorates and Field Units (http://dacnet.nic.in)

·        Development of Agricultural Informatics and Communications (DAIC) and Kisan Call Centers (KCC)

·        Agricultural Resources Information System (AgRIS) in eight pilot districts. Initially the scheme will be implemented in two districts.

·        Agricultural Marketing Information Network (http://agmarknet.nic.in)

·        Agricultural Census (http://agcensus.nic.in)

·        Registration of Pesticides (http://cibrc.nic.in)

1.2       Government of India has decided to launch a Central Sector Scheme titled, “Strengthening / Promoting Agricultural Informatics & Communications” of which one component is AGRISNET. The objective of AGRISNET  is to provide improved services to the farming community through use of ICT.

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