Over 1.5 lakh farmers registered on Kisan Rath App

More than one lakh 50 thousand farmers and traders have registered on Kisan Rath mobile app that facilitates transportation of foodgrains and agri products.

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Kisan Rath was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on 17 April 2020.

The app facilitates Farmers and Traders in identifying the right mode of transportation for the movement of farm produce ranging from food grain including cereal, coarse cereal, pulses, etc, Fruits & Vegetables, oilseeds, spices, fiber crops, flowers, bamboo, log and minor forest produce, coconuts, etc.

The procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds on MSP is currently in progress in 20 States.

A quantity of 1,79,852.21 MT of Pulses and 1,64,195.14 MT of Oilseeds has been procured by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) and Food Corporation of India (FCI) valued at Rs.1605.43 crore through which 2,05,869 farmers have been benefited.

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation, and Farmers’ Welfare have reported that a total of 80,474 farmers and 70,581 traders are registered on this App, so far.