Chandigarh, Oct 3: Over 85,000 in-situ and ex-situ Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines have been mapped on the Unnat Kisan app to make them more accessible to small and marginal farmers, Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said.
Khudian said the app enables farmers to book CRM machines directly from their mobile phones, helping reduce stubble-burning-related pollution. Each machine is geo-tagged according to the cultivated area, ensuring better tracking and monitoring of residue management efforts.
The app is supported by over 5,000 village-level facilitators and cluster officers who assist farmers and oversee on-ground implementation. Private CRM machine owners can also register their equipment on the platform, while facilitators are authorised to book machines on behalf of farmers.
Additionally, the app features a real-time dashboard to monitor machine use and field staff activity.
