Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launches digital portals to ease export

New Delhi, April 19 (KNN) Realizing the need for quicker disposal of applications related to export/import of agricultural commodities and pesticides registration, a more coordinated integration with external systems and stakeholders, and to bring in greater transparency in the existing online system, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAFW) has launched two redeveloped online portals.

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, in this connection has launched two portals, one for the Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and the other for Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS).

The PQMS portal will provide a transparent system with no physical touch points for the applicants and ensure convenience to the users, through an online system including e-payments and uploading of documents, online accreditation and renewal of treatment agencies/facilities and downloading of certificates. 

Similarly, the re-developed CROP portal will immensely help in ease of doing business and provide greater and timely crop protection solutions to farmers of the country.

Speaking on the occasion the Minister said, “keeping in mind Prime Minister’s vision for the Agriculture sector these two portals have been launched and would help in taking forward digital Agriculture and Ease of doing Business”. Tomar expressed happiness stating that Agriculture Exports have taken a great leap forward.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said the Prime Minister’s emphasis on technology will lead to further development of the Agriculture sector. The new portals will benefit farmers, exporters as well as industrialists. (KNN Bureau)