PM Narendra Modi launches Kisan Suvidha Mobile Application

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Kisan Suvidha mobile application for farmers to provide agricultural relevant basic information quickly. Kisan Suvidha is an omnibus mobile app that will provide basic information on subjects such as market prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, weather & agriculture machinery.
Key Features:

The app has a simple interface and the information will be available in Hindi & English. It will provide information on 5 critical parameters weather, market price, input dealers, plant protection and expert advisories. To begin with, a farmer has to register the mobile number, choose a language and also must enter details of the state, district & block or sub-district.
Weather section:

It will show details of humidity, temperature, wind and rainfall for the current day and the forecast for the next 5 days. Additionally, a farmer will be also provided with the extreme weather alerts like hailstorms and unseasonal rains.

Market price section: It will show latest price of all crops traded in a registered agriculture market and mandi of the particular district.

Plant protection section: It will give pest, weed and disease related information as well as management practices for each stage of crop development from nursery to harvesting.

Agro advisory section: It will show messages for farmers from district agriculture officials & state universities in their local language.
Kisan call centre:

The app also directly connects the farmer with the Kisan call centre where technical graduates answer their queries.

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Telecom Ministry launched mobile application named Disha

On 10th August 2015 Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a new mobile application named Disha to promote the digital literacy in Bihar. Application aims to help people learn about computers and Internet through self learning modules.

The application also aims to offer digital literacy to tribal and Dalit women in the state.Application can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store.Disha application only for smart phones.

About Disha Handbook:

Telecom Ministry also launched Disha handbook that has pictographic lessons on computers operations.Disha handbook is framed by the Common Service Centres for the purpose of digital literacy.

The book was composed to ensure that anyone with little or no digital literacy can also learn using this book. This initiative is aimed at spreading digital literacy in women from tribal and Dalit background in Bihar.

About Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA)

• The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA) mission was launched on 21 August 2014.

• The scheme imparts IT training to 52.5 lakh persons that include Anganwadi and ASHA workers and authorised ration dealers in all the States UTs across the country.

• The training is conducted in collaboration with Intel, which is working with Common Service Centres for the purpose of digital literacy in India. So far Intel has trained over 200 Dalit women.

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