1. MULTITUDE OF ICT INITIATIVES 800…80…8

2. Farmers’ Portal

3. SMS PORTAL FOR FARMERS
All 3 Departments of Ministry of Agriculture, IMD, SAUs, KVKs etc. and State Governments. Nearly 97 crore messages since inauguration by President 11 months ago through DeitY and NIC Gateways
Different databases from above offices, Kisaan Call Centres and Web Registration have been integrated to have a foot-print of about 60 lac farmers as of now – potential to reach 8.93 crore farmer households
Dissemination of information and provision of services & advisories to farmers in their own languages free of cost. To avoid duplication & contradiction, IT enabled checks and search facility
Content based on farmers’ location & priorities of crop / agricultural practices. SMS based services such as Soil Test, Market Information have been integrated, Universal Plug-in
Easy Phonetic Typing Tools for12 Indian languages. Mobile based Text to Speech conversion under testing. New Features: Delivery Report, Supervisory Control, User Feedback, Graphical Dashboard
Fresh registration on KCC, Web, CSC and Pull SMS; Officers down to Block level send Excel sheets also

4. THE USSD MAGIC…
IAMAI and IMRB Report: Active internet users in rural areas by June, 2014 will be 5.6 crore but 40 crore mobile phones in rural areas
Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) - A rarely used technology as old as mobile telephony itself will work even on the ancient Nokia 3115 or 1110
USSD is interactive text messaging
Remote location data entry and query on databases by text messaging
Fixed monthly Rs. 5 – database to be collected through CSCs
Applications developed already Mandi price data entry, choice of right machine, seed availability and agromet advisory (last two being tested)
Android Apps in pipeline

5. Dial *491*105*2# from a Registered Mobile

6. KCCs…Need Specific Resolution
Aim: reach at least one third the farmers households, once in a year. It amounts to about crore calls/year. Requires 3000 plus FTAs
Total 1.60 crore calls registered at KCCs since inception.
IPPBX based & MPLS. Call barging and 100% call recording
SMS to caller farmers providing a gist of advisories given to them on phone in local language.
Voice mail system for recording farmer’s queries with provision for call back.
Facility of video conferencing for upgradation of skills of KCC agents.
Centralized monitoring of KCCs at different locations and relevant web resources.
Full Involvement of State Governments, KVKs and SAUs in Call Escalation Matrix & Training
Integration of KKMS ( with CSCs (

7. e-Taal Transactions – Agriculture Numero Uno

8. NATIONAL e-GOVERNANCE PLAN Agriculture (NeGP-A)
Phase-I Coverage: 7 States during last one year, 90:10 Funding Pattern
12 cluster of Services, 78 components. Present status Rs. 800 crore plus
Web enabled delivery of services & service levels
Process re-engineering, change management and project management
Centralized Initiative - Decentralized Implementation

9. Project Activities & Timelines of NeGP-ASR
Activity
Timelines A
IMPLEMENTATION PRE- PLANNING A1
Date of RFP Release
31 May 2014 B
IMPLEMENTATION B1
Completion of Software Development by NIC of components which have been cleared for development.
30 Apr 2014 B2
Incorporation of changes/suggestions from Divisions and States to all SRS documents for software development in remaining service clusters
30 Jun 2014  B3
Completion of all SRS of remaining components to such a level that on which Software Development can start taking place.
31 Jul 2014 B4
Completion of Data Entry Screens
30 Sep 2014 B5
Selection of Hardware Vendor by DAC
15 Sep 2014 B6
Completion of Civil Infrastructure and Site Preparation (by State Agriculture Department
31 Aug 2014

10. Installation of Hardware by Hardware Vendor 15 Jan 2015
Signing of Agreement
30 Sep 2014 B8
Installation of Hardware by Hardware Vendor
15 Jan 2015  B9
Pilot launching of all Services
Data Digitalisation by States
30 Nov 2014
B10
Suggestions received from States on services
31 Dec 2014
 B11
User Acceptance Testing
Completion of Data Migration
31 Jan 2015 
 B12
Complete Implementation / Deployment / Stabilisation including required software and hardware for Central Segment (Go-Live) at all locations
31 Mar 2015   C
Operations & Maintenance and Support Phase
01 Apr 2015 

11. Support of GOI under NeGP-A
H/W & and System S/w with comprehensive onsite warranty for 5 years
Basic IT training to end users.
Full support for site preparation of Training Centers and 55% share for other sites.
100, 70 and 50 percent for manpower cost for first three years.
Connectivity charges with SWAN for end user locations for a period of 3 Years at an average of Rs per location per year.
An amount of Rs per block, Rs.10, 500 per district HQ and Rs. 30,000 per State HQ per year for consumables for a period of three years.
Support for IT infrastructure at selected Mandis, Hand-held devices for e-Pest surveillance.
Centralised Application Devpt with 25% flexibility to States

12. Mode of Delivery of Services in NeGP-A
State Level Modules
e-Registration
Application Submission
Status Tracking
Electronic Registration
Grievance Mgmt.
Grievance entry
Routing & Alert
Status Update
e-Certification
Electronic Certification
Inspection Report
KMS
Upload Content
Review & Edit Content
Remove Content
CMS
Capture Content
Manage Content
Store Content
Preserve Content
User Mgmt.
Account Creation,
Modification, Deletion
Rights Management
MIS Reports
e-Monitor
Scheme monitoring
Target monitoring
Monthly progress
Pesticide Testing
Sample submission
Status tracking
Result upload
Fertilizer Testing
SEEDNET
CIBRC
DPPQS
FMS
AGRICOOP
INTRADAC
Soil Testing
Soil Health Card
Seed Testing
Seed Certf.
Field result upload
e-certificate
Scheme App.
Query uplaod
IMD
Central Level Modules
State Portals
AGMARKNET
Delivery Channels
FARMER
DEPARTMENT
PRIVATE SEC.
CSC
Department
KCC
SCC
Private Kiosk
Mass Media
Mobile
IVRS
Agri Clinic
Agri Biz Centre

13. 12 clusters of services under NeGP-A

14. Participants and Workshop strategy
State Deptts of Agri & IT, State NIC, Farmers
Industry, ICAR Scientists, SAUs
DAC, DAHDF, DARE, IMD
ISRO, CDAC, NIC, Domain Experts
6 Working Groups comprising all stakeholders
Screen Level Discussion
Extension of Direct hands-on Approach
Upgradation, Integration and Standardisation of practices

15. Some Recent Initiatives to be Discussed
E-Parwana, Soil Testing/Fertility Maps
Farm Implements Delivery system, e-Jalnidhi
Micro Irrigation, FCMS, Crop Doctor
Buyer Seller Interaction Platform
GIS of Marketing Infrastructure
Bhuwan of ISRO with Drought MIS
E-Krishi Kiran and Soil Fertility Maps
Management of Micro Irrigation
NeGP-A Service Components