A Rural Facilitation Centre - Joint Initiative of CSIR-CIMFR and MeitY was inaugurated by Dr. Pradeep K. Singh at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR), Barwa Road Campus today.
The centre has been established under R&D project sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Rural Facilitation Centre would provide information about government schemes and facilitate the scheme's benefits,Computer and skill development training,Job portal for technicians and other job seekers.
Besides, it would provide Gramin E-Bazar facilities for selling of village products (agricultural products, handicraft items, herbal products/medicine, etc.) through e-commerce portal to establish link between farmers and sellers.
IT would help in soil testing and issuing soil health cards and advice on suitable doses of fertilizer, said Dr PK Singh, director of CIMFR.
Prof. V. Kumar, IIT(ISM); Dr. G. Banerjee, Dr. S.K. Mandal, Dr. G.M. Prasad, Dr. S.K. Chaulya, Dr. Sidharth Singh and other Senior Scientists and staff of CIMFR were present during the inaugural session.