Kisan Rath App

IN NEWS:

• Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched a farmer friendly mobile application called ‘Kisan Rath’.

FEATURES:

• The app facilitates farmers & traders in searching transport vehicles for Primary and Secondary transportation for movement of Agriculture & Horticulture produce.
  • Primary transportation includes movement from Farm to Mandis, FPO Collection Centre and Warehouses.
  • Secondary Transportation include movement from Mandis to Intra-state & Inter-state mandis, Processing units, Railway station, Warehouses and Wholesalers.
• It is developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), with the tagline ‘Kisan ka apna Vahan’.
• It also facilitates traders in transportation of perishable commodities by Refrigerated vehicles.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Consider the following statements regarding ‘Kisan Rath app’, seen in recent news:  

1. It seeks to help farmers in finding transportation for their agricultural produce
2. It was launched by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Choose the correct statements from the codes given below:  

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question