SATHI Portal and app

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SATHI Portal and app
 

News: Recently, the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister launched the SATHI Portal and Mobile App.
 

About:
 The Seed Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory (SATHI) portal is a Centralized Online System designed to deal with the challenges of seed production, quality seed identification and seed certification.
 It has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on the theme of ‘Uttam Beej – Samriddh Kisan.
 

How will it work?
 There will be a QR code under this system, through which the seeds can be traced.
 It will ensure a quality assurance system, and identify the source of seed in the seed production chain.
 The system will consist of integrated 7 verticals of the seed chain - Research Organisation, Seed Certification, Seed Licensing, Seed Catalogue, Dealer to Farmer Sales, Farmer Registration and Seed DBT.
 Seeds with valid certification can only be sold by valid licensed dealers to centrally registered farmers who will receive a subsidy through DBT directly into their pre-validated bank accounts.