ONKAR SINGH / NEW DELHI

Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala on Monday launched a multilingual Mobile App “CHC Farm Machinery” during a conference on Crop Residue Management in New Delhi. With this farmers can now get affordable access to cutting-edge technology at their doorsteps.

It will allow farmers to avail custom hiring services of CHCs located in a radius of 50 km.

The App connects the farmers with Custom Hiring Service Centers in their area. It can be downloaded on any android phone from Google Play Store.

The Minster sought ideas from farmers to ensure zero burning in all villages. He thanked the farmers for bringing down incidents of stubble burning. Several farmers shared experiences and gave suggestions during the conference. More than 1000 farmers attended the conference from four States.