Govt adopting Tripura’s e- procurement model for procuring Food Grains in Jammu division
Online demonstration held at Krishi Bhawan
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 10: An Online demonstration of the Tripura model of the State Procurement Portal was held today at Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo with the purpose to replicate the same in Jammu Division.
The Demo was hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) Delhi in collaboration with NIC, Jammu where the Department of Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu, and FCI also participated.
Director Agriculture Jammu, K. K. Sharma outlined that the Development of the E-Procurement Portal is the need of the hour in view of the ensuing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 so that timely registration of farmers on the portal can be completed before the start of KMS, 2021-22. This initiative will pave the way to hassle-free procurement of Kharif produce from the farmers and facilitate transparency indirect money transfer in the accounts of concerned farmers as per MSP notified by the Government thereby eliminating the role of middlemen, he added.
The Representative from NIC, Delhi asserted that they are keenly working for the implementation of the Tripura procurement model in Jammu and requested that any required corrections/ addition in the Tripura model may be intimated soon so that same may be put in place for early replication of the said model in Jammu. It was also informed that the procurement portal will streamline the procurement process and to automate the manual process eliminating time wastage and human errors.
Those who attended the online demo included Joint Director (Extension) Rajan Sharma, Joint Director (Marketing, PHM Infra & Farm Mechanization), S. A. S. Reen and SMS II, Vikas Padha besides others.
