Kohima, June 7 (MExN): The inaugural function for development of mobile apps under National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) was held in the APC Conference Hall on June 7 with Y.M Yolow, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture as the chief guest.
The chief guest during the event declared the project for development of mobile apps under NeGPA open and affirmed that five mobile apps for Agriculture and Allied Department which was identified and recommended by the committee is officially awarded to the department of Information technology & Communication w.e.f from the day the MOU was signed, May 16, 2017.
The chief guest during his speech said the recent advancement of technology have brought us all closer, however he said that it has both merit and demerit, and called upon the Agriculture and Allied department to take advantage of the mobile apps that will be develop.
Delivering the keynote address, Er KD Vizo, ITS, Commissioner & Secretary he said that Nagaland is basically agriculture based economy and society and the Government of India through NeGPA is exploring all possibilities to promote agriculture product by using latest state of art technology. He said that any application through mobile phone will have enormous impact as the mobile penetration in the state is fairly good, and said that the department of Agriculture has chosen a right platform to promote agriculture related activities through mobile apps. Vizo mentioned that based on the MoU signed between Department of Agriculture and Information Technology & Communication on May 16 they will be developing 5 Mobile Apps and the work has already been started.
The function was chaired by T Imkonglemba Ao, IAS, APC and Commissioner & Secretary who welcomed the gathering and briefed about NeGPA in general. Vote of thanks was proposed by Helie Rupre-o, Director of Agriculture. The programme was attended by Officers from Agriculture and Allied department and from department of IT&C.
This was stated in a press release issued by Letkholal Hangshing, Jt. Director of Agriculture, Kohima.
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