Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
m-KISAN PORTAL
Posted On:
02 JUL 2019 6:40PM by PIB Delhi
Information and services available on mkisan portal i.e. https://mkisan.gov.in are crop specific advisories to farmers through SMS and Voice; Pull SMS service for farmers to register themselves and give feedback on the service; Interactive Voice Response System service and extreme weather alert for farmers. 24,62,37,10,138 SMSs have been sent to the farmers since launch of this portal on 25.05.2013 till 28.06.2019. Advisories to the farmers registered on this portal, can be sent in 12 languages viz., Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and English.
STATE WISE REGISTERED FARMERS (as on 28.06.2019)
|
Sl. No
|
STATE NAME
|
FARMER COUNT
|
1
|
A AND N ISLANDS
|
11989
|
2
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
5313689
|
3
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
1257
|
4
|
ASSAM
|
78249
|
5
|
BIHAR
|
1032234
|
6
|
CHANDIGARH
|
640
|
7
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
1527476
|
8
|
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
|
1235
|
9
|
DAMAN AND DIU
|
74
|
10
|
DELHI
|
48906
|
11
|
GOA
|
23755
|
12
|
GUJARAT
|
1224048
|
13
|
HARYANA
|
1311885
|
14
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
733962
|
15
|
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
|
256018
|
16
|
JHARKAND
|
810946
|
17
|
KARNATAKA
|
763898
|
18
|
KERALA
|
1050629
|
19
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
26
|
20
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
2321973
|
21
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
6369389
|
22
|
MANIPUR
|
4241
|
23
|
MEGHALAYA
|
5042
|
24
|
MIZORAM
|
4541
|
25
|
NAGALAND
|
27657
|
26
|
ODISHA
|
3008725
|
27
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
11202
|
28
|
PUNJAB
|
724908
|
29
|
RAJASTHAN
|
3200755
|
30
|
SIKKIM
|
26244
|
31
|
TAMIL NADU
|
1232068
|
32
|
TELANGANA
|
2782294
|
34
|
TRIPURA
|
40993
|
35
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
14123357
|
36
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
199109
|
37
|
WEST BENGAL
|
1790872
|
|
TOTAL
|
50064286
|
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
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