The Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched e-pashuhaat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) on the occasion of National Milk Day here today. Shri Singh informed that for the first time in the world under the scheme National Mission on Bovine Productivity ‘e-pashuhaat’ portal has been developed for connecting breeders and farmers regarding availability of bovine germplasm. Through the portal breeders/farmers can sell and purchase breeding stock, information on all forms of germplasm including semen, embryos and live animals with all the agencies and stake holders in the country has been uploaded on the portal. Through this portal, farmers will be aware about the availability of quality disease free bovine germplasm with different agencies in the country. The portal will lead to propagation of high genetic merit germplasm.
The targeted outcomes for Government: Central/States/UT
• Programme oversight in real-time with greater transparency
• Zero cost for States for Transportal creation
• Demand and supply position of various items
• Monitoring and evaluation reports generation
• Sire Directory /Annual Report generation
• Repository and aggregator of both public and private sector services
• Evidence based Policy support information for decisions.
– Forecasting and Targeting Production Plan for Nation
– Targeted Genetic Development
– Assessing need for Infrastructure and Education
• Global recognition for using data mining and analytics
• Capacity building at all levels.
