Bihar cabinet gives nod for construction of e-bhawans

Bihar has become the first state in the country to implement 'e-bhawan' scheme at block level with its cabinet on Monday giving nod for the construction of such bhawans.

In first phase, e-bhawans would be constructed in 166 blocks of 38 districts and later extended to all the 534 blocks in the state, state Agriculture Minister Nagmani told reporters here.

Bihar was the first state in the country to implement the e-bhawan scheme at block level while in other states it was being implemented at sub-divisional or district level, he said.

The e-bhawans would have facilities like farmer information and advisory centre, soil testing laboratories, including mobile ones, training centres, waiting rooms, information centre for various techniques and marketing.

The bhawans would also have internet connection to provide information to farmers as per their requirements, the minister said, adding that the farmers could even hire agricultural equipment from the bhawan.

The agriculture department would organise an 'Agricultural Scientists towards Villages' programme in every block from February 17 to spread awareness among farmers about different crops.link