Dehradun District Magistrate Savin Bansal turned farmer for a day as he visited the paddy fields of Arkadia Grant village in Dehradun tehsil early in the morning. During the crop cutting experiment inspection, DM Bansal picked up a sickle and joined local farmers in harvesting paddy.
As per official data, a yield of 17.5 kilograms of paddy was recorded from a 43.30 square meter plot. The crop cutting experiment was conducted by the Revenue Sub-Inspector using the GCES and CCE Agri mobile applications. The yield data was uploaded directly to the Government of India’s portal from the field.
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Officials stated that this data will be used for calculating the average crop yield and for implementation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
