New Delhi: The CSC, an SPV under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, has tied up with KRIBHCO. It will provide access to fertilisers and agricultural inputs to farmers. This will be through 4 lakh Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) at the last mile.
CSCs will facilitate the sale and distribution of products of KRIBHCO. These include manufacture, imports and marketing fertilisers, agri inputs and seeds, .
Nonetheless, Early this year, CSC set up an agri services platform to facilitate agri inputs through its VLEs and FPOs.
Elaborating on the partnership, CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd Managing Director Dinesh Tyagi said: “Our alliance with KRIBHCO is a step ahead in furthering the agenda of the government in serving the farmers and agricultural community. The last mile delivery of fertilisers, seeds and other agri products is an important aspect of our activities at CSCs and the partnership will help us reach out to farmers and citizens in the villages with timely supply of reliable and quality agri inputs.”
Therefore, KRIBHCO Managing Director Rajan Chowdhry said that this partnership will usher in a new era. Now farmers can get cost effective agri inputs at the click of a mouse and smartphones, thereby promoting ‘Digital India’. FPOs, as agribusiness retailers, will help the farming community become “agriculture entrepreneurs” from “agriculture producers”, he added.
