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The State authorities has extended the deadline for app-based crop survey by farmers by one other 15 days.
The deadline for the survey, that had began on August 24 with respect to kharif season, was supposed to finish on Wednesday.
The round says that the deadline has been extended following request by the deputy commissioners of varied districts who had been of the view that it was not attainable to finish the method throughout the prescribed time restrict of September 30.
According to an announcement from Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil, who has taken a eager curiosity within the survey, there was an encouraging response from farmers. “Though the survey has been taken up on an experimental basis this season, 88 per cent of target has been achieved,” the Minister famous and mentioned that such a progress had caught the eye of the Centre.
The cell app-based survey, which had begun in 2017 itself, had gained momentum now with the Minister himself main the present by importing particulars associated to the crop in his farm.
While photos and particulars of three,000 plots had been uploaded by farmers in 2017, the officers themselves had accomplished the method with respect to remaining plots. The survey had not been taken up in 2018 and 2019. It was reintroduced this yr, and has been nicely obtained by farmers with particulars of almost 1.83 lakh plots being uploaded as towards the goal of two.20 lakh plots, states an official communiqué.
Data collected by way of the sooner app-based survey had served as a reference level whereas transferring one-time compensation on account of COVID-19 in direction of crop losses by way of Direct (*15*) Transfer to 7.29 lakh farmers who had cultivated maize.
It had additionally helped in fee of minimal assist costs and compensation in direction of those that had cultivated greens and flowers, the communiqué added.
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