1.3 Agriculture Mission Mode Project : Phase-I

Aim & Objective(s) National e-Governance Plan-Agriculture (NeGP-A) aims to provide an integrated platform to the farmers for making informed decisions. The information is proposed to be delivered through various channels like internet, electronic media, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Agri clinics, Common Service Centres mobile phones (broadcast, Interactive Voice Response System, Interactive Messaging using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and Voice Recognition),touch screens, etc. which enables easy access to information for farmers. The project focuses on providing informational services to farmers on a variety of farm-related issues including seeds, soil-test-based information, fertilizers, pests, government schemes, and weather.

The aim of Agriculture MMP is to consolidate the IT initiatives, in order to provide integrated services to the stakeholders.

Over the years Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) has taken up several IT initiatives such as

1. AGMARKNET 2. SEEDNET 3. DACNET, etc.

Similarly State/UTs have either developed or in the process of developing IT applications such as AGRISNET under various programmes of DAC. Such applications will be integrated with Central Agri Portal (CAP) and State Agri Portal envisaged under NeGP-A. The portals will have the options of providing online feedback for the stakeholders, which improves the transparency and effective monitoring.

The objectives of this scheme are as follows:

In order to achieve the aforesaid vision, the department has also articulated key SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) objectives which need to be achieved through the

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Agriculture MMP. These objectives are

Improve access of farmers to timely and relevant information & services throughout crop-cycle o By providing multiple delivery channels to access information

o By reducing time between generation and dissemination of information o By providing information to the farmer through a uniform platform Bringing farmer centricity & service orientation by providing location specific and up-to-date crop management related information in terms of: o Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) - how many days, season specific, crop specific, location / zone specific o Packages of Practice (POPs) - How many days, season specific, crop specific, location / zone specific o Providing personalized advisory services Increasing effectiveness of government service delivery in o Certification and licensing related to Manufacturing and MARKETING through use of ICT o Providing easier and approachable channels for grievance registration and tracking More effective management of schemes of DAC through process redesign aimed at o Effective Monitoring of the Schemes (timeliness of implementation etc) o Reducing time required for data consolidation and reporting of schemes at all levels Enable private sector participation to benefit farmers by providing an integrated platform to promote value added services in o Extension o MARKETING (both input and output) o Post-harvest & Storage

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Components of MMP There are 12 Cluster of services and 78 components. Presently, 47 components have been made live these include web enabled delivery of services and mobile based interactive services of farmers. 7 States have been covered in the 1st year under 90:10 funding pattern. The 12 clusters are identified below:

1.Marketing Infrastructure

2. e-Certifications for imports and exports

3.Prices, arrivals and procurement points

4. Weather forecast and Agro-Met advisory

5. Crops, Machinery, Training and GAPs

6. Soil Health

7. Pesticides, Fertilizers and Seeds

8. Livestock Management

9. Drought Relief and Management

10. Irrigation Infrastructure

11. Fisheries

12. Monitoring of Schemes and Programmes

Name of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India. Implementing Agency

Date of commencement 2010-11

Scheduled date of 2014-15 completion

Number of States in 1. which the project is 2. being implemented 3.

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4. 5. 6. 7.

Names of All District/Locations in seven states as above. Moreover, the project districts/locations in is being rolled out in rest of the States in the entire country during the which the project is current year. being implemented in each state.

Key Stakeholders of Central Level:

MMP  Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC)  Directorate of Extension & other Crop Directorates under DAC Indian  Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and its Research & Academic Institution  National Institute of Agriculture Extension & Management (MANAGE)  Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research (DMAPR) Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)  Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute (FMTTIs) National Institute of Plant Health & Management (NIPHM) Agriculture Technology Information Centre (ATICs)  National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insect (NBAII) Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT)  National Crop Forecast Centre (NCFC)  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) National Informatics Centre (NIC)  Kisan Call Centre

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State Level

 Divisions of State Department of Agriculture and Allied departments  Central Integrated Pest Management Centers (CIPMC) State Agriculture University (SAU)  State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI)  Zonal Research & Extension Coordination Committee (A nodal agency in state on POP w.r.t. agro climatic zone basis. Seed qualities, Seed health, Seed rate etc.)  State Remote Sensing Application Centers Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)  Extension Education Institutes (EEIs) State Call Centers  Regional Training Institutions

Others

 Farmer Training Centers  Agri Clinics & Agri Business Centers (ACABC)  Farmers Field School, Progressive Farmers, Farmer’s Club (75000 under NABARD)  Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) Centers  Association of Agricultural Librarians and Document lists of India (AALDI)  Consortium of e-Resources in Agriculture - CeRA  Centre For Agriculture And Biosciences International (CABI) Agriculture Department of Public Sector Banks  Regional Rural Bank and Other Financial Institutions Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies  NGOs

The States may give further suggestions and input for additions / improvement in SRS Documents or even addition of Services latest by the end of Current Statuss 15 June, 2014. It will be seen that in terms of software design & development, complexity of implementation and physical outreach, NeGP-A is equivalent to many other Mission Mode Projects put together. These Clusters / Services / Components are to be implemented throughout the country down to the Block level during a period of 05 years from 2014-2015.

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Total Cost Rs 227.79 Crore Phase-1 + Rs 533.44 Crore Phase-II Approx. Expenditure (as of now) 83.49 Crore as on June, 2014 (approx.) during current year (2014, 2015)

Approximate The Project is already under implementation in 187 districts and 1505 Expansion as of now Blocks in 7 States viz. Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It will now be rolled out in the remaining Districts and Blocks of the country. Number of Blocks in a State will be considered at the same level as in case of ATMA Scheme.

Statewide / Location Details of Nodal Officers in 7 States of Phase-I: wise Nodal Officer for Assam: this MMP Name: Dr M Burman

Mobile No: 09435044789 Mail Id: [email protected]

Himachal Pradesh: Name: Shri Sameer Sharma Mobile No: 09418016693 Mail Id: [email protected]

Madhya Pradesh: Name: Mrs Ananta Dewan Mobile No: 09424914690 Mail Id: [email protected]

Jharkhand Name: Shri Anil Kumar Mobile No: 09431579789 Mail Id: [email protected] Maharashtra Name: Shri Mukund D Hardas Mobile No: 09960234623

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Mail Id: [email protected]; [email protected]

Karnataka Name: Dr HK Shiva Kumar Mobile No: 09448033593 Mail Id: [email protected]

Kerala Name: Shri Salin Thapsi Mobile No: 09447754263 Mail Id: [email protected]

Contact Person Mr A K Suri Principal Consultant NeGP-A Mobile No: 9968424837

Reference links 1. http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Compendium_FI NAL_Version_220211.pdf 2. http://egovreach.in/social/node/176 3. http://agricoop.nic.in/imagedefault/whatsnew/guide_new_IT.p df 4. http://vanamati.gov.in/ShowBlockDetails.aspx?AntiSpam=e58 s8NHVEKs&Code=24&AntiSpam1=Otaic8Ox7FY 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_MMP 6. http://nisg.org/project/87 7. http://egovreach.in/social/node/176 8. http://agricoop.nic.in/divisions.html

Database Prepared by P. Swathi E-mail: [email protected]

There have been several initiatives by the State and Central Governments to meet the various challenges facing the agriculture sector in the country. The Agriculture MMP has been included in NeGP in an effort to consolidate the various learning from the past, integrate all the diverse

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and disparate efforts currently underway, and upscale them to cover the entire country. The online services include up to the Panchayat level.

Other e-Governance initiatives 1. ICT infrastructure for Headquarters 2. Networking of Directorates and field units 3. Development of Agriculture Informatics and Communications (DAIC) and Kisan Call Centres (KCC) 4. Agriculture Resources Information System (AgRIS) 5. Agricultural Census 6. Registration of Pesticides

Project activities and Timelines of NeGP-A:

Sl. No Activity Timelines 1 IMPLEMENTATION PRE- PLANNING

1.1 Date of RFP Release 31 May 2014 2 IMPLEMENTATION 2.1 Completion of Software Development by 30 April 2014 NIC of components which have been cleared for development. 2.2 Incorporation of changes/suggestions 30 June 2014 from Divisions and States to all SRS documents for software development in remaining service clusters 2.3 Completion of all SRS of remaining 31 Jul 2014 components to such a level that on which Software Development can start taking place. 2.4 Completion of Data Entry Screens 30 Sep 2014 2.5 Selection of Hardware Vendor by DAC 15 Sep 2014 2.6 Completion of Civil Infrastructure and 31 Aug 2014 Site Preparation (by State Agriculture Department 2.7 Signing of Agreement 30 Sep 2014 2.8 Installation of Hardware by Hardware 15 Jan 2015 Vendor 2.9 Pilot launching of all Services 30 Nov 2014 Data Digitalisation by States 2.10 Suggestions received from States on 31 Dec 2014 services 2.11 User Acceptance Testing Completion of 31 Jan 2015 Data Migration 2.12 Complete Implementation / Deployment / 31 Mar 2015 Stabilisation including required software and hardware for Central Segment (Go- Live) at all locations 3 Operations & Maintenance and 01 Apr 2015 Support Phase 12