What is CDP-SURAKSHA, govt’s new digital platform to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers?
- Government has come up with a new platform to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers under the Cluster Development Programme (CDP).
- It is the Centre's initiative to promote horticulture crops.
- The platform is known as CDP-SURAKSHA.
Key highlights
- The move seeks to push the growth of India’s horticulture sector, which contributes nearly one-third to the agriculture gross value addition (GVA)
- Making a substantial contribution to the Indian economy.
- The total production of horticulture crops has also spiked in recent years.
- While in 2010-11, it stood at 240.53 million tonnes, the number rose to 334.60 million tonnes in 2020-21.
- SURAKSHA (System for Unified Resource Allocation, Knowledge, and Secure Horticulture Assistance) is essentially a digital platform.
- The platform will allow an instant disbursal of subsidies to farmers in their bank account by utilising the e-RUPI voucher from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
- The CDP-SURAKSHA has features such as database integration with PM-KISAN, cloud-based server space from NIC, UIDAI validation, eRUPI integration, local government directory (LGD), content management system, geotagging, and geo-fencing.
Prelims takeaway
- CDP-SURAKSHA
- GVA