Punjab govt to issue digital J-forms to farmers from April 1
Punjab, March 31: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday decided to provide digital J-Forms to the farmers across the state from April 1, 2022. The key move comes to ensure transparency and empowerment of farmers in the state.
While praising the Punjab Mandi Board's (PMB) initiative, CM Mann stated that it would benefit more than 9 lakh registered farmers in the state by providing J-Forms digitally for their agriculture produce sold in mandis on their WhatsApp account immediately after the sale confirmation by the arhtiya and buyers on the system.
Farmers in the state would be able to download the system generated authentic digital J-Forms from the PMB website https://emandikaran-pb.in, using their Arthia Login ID and DigiLocker, a GoI digital document wallet, according to Bhagwant Mann.
J-Form is a sale receipt for agricultural produce sold by farmers in mandis that were previously issued manually by arthias. During the Rabi Marketing Season and Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22, the Punjab Mandi Board will be the first in the country to issue e-JForms (for MSP procured Paddy and Wheat exclusively).
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These digital J-Forms for Paddy and Wheat procured on MSP, according to a spokesperson for the Chief Minister's Office, would be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Digital JForms has a QR code, a watermark, and a unique number to ensure authenticity. In accordance with Rule 9A of the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries providing Digital Locker facilities) Rules, 2016, notified on February 8, 2017, vide G.S.R. 711 (E), JForms in DigiLocker are legally equivalent to original physical documents.
DigiLocker's Digital JForm can be used to raise funds from financial institutions, as well as for IT wavers, subsidy claims, and farmer insurance, according to the spokesperson. It can also be remotely verified online.
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