- Raising finance
- IT waivers
- Admission of farmer’s ward in educational institutes.
Answer: 1, 2 & 3
Notes:
- The Punjab Mandi Board has decided to send a ‘digital form J’ on the WhatsApp number of farmers from this Rabi procurement season. It aims at bringing transparency as well as empowering farmers. It will make Punjab the first state in the country to provide digitised form J in real time.
- ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market). These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission agents). This form is an income proof for a farmer who sells his crop.
- By getting digitised J form, farmers will now have a clear record of the crop sold and income received in lieu of that and it will save their time as well, ensuring that they do not need to run to arhtiyas to get copies of their sale. These forms will be delivered directly on a farmer’s WhatsApp number immediately after a sale is confirmed on the system by the arthiyas and buyers, who are mainly government procurement agencies.
- If any farmer changes his/her WhatsApp number, then they can see the J forms in their digilocker, which are legally at par with original physical documents under Rule 9A of the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries providing Digital Locker facilities) Rules, 2016 notified on February 8, 2017.
- The ‘J form’ can be used for raising finance from financial institutions, IT waivers, subsidy claims, farmers insurance. Apart from this, it can also help farmers get admission for their wards in educational institutes abroad.
- The digital J forms will come with a QR code, watermark and a unique number.
