The Department Of Agriculture held the launching of the 'Krishi Card' at the hands of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday morning. Parrikar officially launched this card based on the database created by the State Agriculture Department at Porvorim. Parrikar said the introduction of the digitally coded card would spare farmers the need to repeatedly produce documents to avail of subsidies. The card would provide a farmer a unique number and record all his agricultural and dairy details and facilitate transfer of benefits and reduce hassle and delay in availing government schemes, according to the department. Parrikar clarified that the card would not be a legal document if the farmer or tenant wants to stake his claim over the land. "This is a consolidated document restricted only for agriculture subsidy," he added.
