Consider the following statements regarding the General Crop Estimatio...
Recently, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) launched the mobile application and the web portal for GCES (General Crop Estimation Survey).
- This revolutionary portal and mobile application have been designed to transform agricultural practices across the nation.
- It has been developed by Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
- It has been developed for leveraging technology to enhance the reach, scope, and outcome of government actions in the course of development.
- The automation of the GCES process will ensure on time reporting of crop statistics and accuracy of the data.
- Key Features
- Comprehensive Information: The portal and the app provide a comprehensive repository of yield estimation including village wise GCES plan and plot details where the crop cutting experiments conducted, post are harvesting crop weight and driage weight of the crop.
- Geo-referencing: It is one of the key features of the mobile application, which enables the primary worker to draw the boundary of the experimental plot and upload photos of the plot as well as of the crops through it. This feature will ensure transparency and accuracy of the data as well.
Hence only statement 1 is correct.
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Consider the following statements regarding the General Crop Estimatio...
Statement 1: It has geo-referencing feature to draw the boundary of the land and upload photos of it.
Statement 2: It has been developed by the National Informatics Centre, Pune.
The correct answer is option 'A', i.e., only statement 1 is correct.
Explanation:
The General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES) portal is a web-based platform that is used for conducting crop estimation surveys in India. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Let's analyze each statement to understand the correctness.
Statement 1: It has geo-referencing feature to draw the boundary of the land and upload photos of it.
This statement is correct. The GCES portal indeed has a geo-referencing feature that allows users to draw the boundary of the land and upload photos of it. This feature helps in accurately identifying and mapping the location of agricultural land. It enables surveyors and officials to visualize and analyze the agricultural areas for crop estimation purposes.
Statement 2: It has been developed by the National Informatics Centre, Pune.
This statement is incorrect. The General Crop Estimation Survey portal has not been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Pune. The portal is developed and maintained by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. NIC is a premier government organization that provides e-governance solutions but it is not directly involved in the development of the GCES portal.
In conclusion, only statement 1 is correct. The GCES portal does have a geo-referencing feature to draw the boundary of the land and upload photos, but it has not been developed by the National Informatics Centre, Pune.