Launching this farmer friendly mobile app, Chairman Mandi Board Laal Singh said that this endeavour would also empower the arthias and general public with the online licensing and the availability of actual rates of fruits and vegetables in ‘Apni Mandis’ from various locations within Punjab. This user friendly app would positively impact all the stakeholders in providing requisite information in terms of marketing support.
Lauding this unique initiative to bring far more transparency in procurement operations in the mandis, Additional Chief Secretary Development Viswajeet Khanna said that the Mandi Board has taken a revolutionary step of e-Governance through IMS aimed towards paperless operations. He also mentioned that Punjab Mandi Board has already appointed District Nodal Officers for the seamless implementation of e-PMB to provide various e-services to all stakeholders.
Divulging the salient features of mobile app, Secretary Mandi Board Ravi Bhagat said that this App would enable the consumers to compare the rates prevailing in various ‘apni mandis’ across the state besides offering an opportunity to farmers for selling their produce at the real time rates. Besides, this GPS tagged mobile app would also mark the attendance of employees of Punjab Mandi Board and shall confirm their location too.
Regarding the e-Kharid (procurement operations), Ravi Bhagat pointed out that Punjab Mandi Board intends to capture the farm produce as soon as it enters the mandis upto the exit on real time basis. The auction of the produce in the mandi shall also be captured electronically. The Arthias will be able to generate J-Forms online and make them available to the farmers electronically. The procurement, payment and lifting can be monitored in real time. This app would also assist in checking the menace of fake and bogus billing thereby containing such illegal practices. This process is aimed at converting procurement in the mandis to paperless operations that would virtually bring an end to delay in procurement process and evasion of grains & market fees.
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