At National level, the Agricultural Census Division in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), GoI is responsible for planning, coordinating & executing the Agriculture Census operations in the country. This is the first time that data collection for the agricultural census is being occurred on smart phones and tablets so that data is available in time.
National Institute of Electronics of Information Technology (NIELIT), Kolkata has developed this App. This App is for Phase – II data collection.
In Phase-II, collection of detailed data, viz, (i) area under different land uses, and (ii) area under crops.