Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the agriculture sector will be the foundational pillar spearheading the nation towards becoming ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.

• He was addressing the gathering at the launch ceremony of ‘e-Kisan Upaj Nidhi’ (Digital Gateway) of the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) in New Delhi. 

• The Minister said that the ‘e-Kisan Upaj Nidhi’ initiative will ease the farmers’ warehousing logistics with the help of technology and aid the farmers in receiving fair prices for their produce.

• He said that the farmers stocking their produce at these warehouses would need to pay only one percent security deposit instead of the earlier three percent.