Tuesday 23 December 2014

Agriculture department wins gold medal

: The State Agriculture Department has secured the Centre’s gold medal and cash award for innovative e-governance and effective utilisation of modern technology in the field.
“We competed with the Agriculture Department of Gujarat and won the award,” said a senior officer. The gold medal and Rs 2 lakh in cash will be presented to the department on January 30 in Gandhi Nagar.
Explaining how the department was able to make use of technology, the officer said all local officers were given a hand-held machine that could take photographs and upload them.
“If a field is afflicted with a disease, the officer will send the picture along with description of the disease. Our experts will send remedial measures through e-mail and they will be implemented,” said the officer.
The Agriculture Department had won the Krishi Karman award and Rs 2 crore cash prize for its performance in pulses production during 2013-2014.
“The Krishi Karman award is for the State government. The award for e-governance is for individual performance of the department,” the officer said.

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