CM Mann launches portal to facilitate farmers for opting Direct Seeding of Rice

DSR portal will help verification of genuine beneficiaries – CAO

Amritsar, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Chief Agri Officer Dr. Parmjit Singh said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) portal to facilitate the farmers to give their willingness for area to be sown with DSR technology. it would be instrumental to compile the entire data about each and every farmer, who has opted for DSR technique besides ensuring payment of Rs. 1500 per acre after proper verification through this portal to the genuine beneficiaries in a fair and transparent manner. Appraising the portal Chief Agriculture Officer said that after proper verification, the incentive amount of Rs.1500 per acre would be directly transferred into the bank accounts of the respective farmers. 

            He said that this unique portal has been developed and designed by Mandi Board with the help of Agricuture Department. With the adoption of this innovative technology there would be atleast 15-20% saving of water besides helping in effective percolation of water ultimately improving the ground water level through proper recharging. This cost effective technique would also cut-down the labour cost by nearly Rs. 4000 per acre. He stated that we already deployed officers/officials of various departments including Agriculture, Horticulture, Mandi Board and Water & Soil Conservation to oversee the DSR operations meticulously for imparting proper technical guidance to the farmers as well as undertaking verification of the area sown under this advanced technology so as to ensure that the payment of Rs. 1500 per acre is only made to the genuine beneficiaries.

            He said that last year the farmers from dist adopted DSR on 3 thousands hectares and in this season we are target 66 thousand acres under this technique.