BiharOFMAS: Online Farm Mechanization Application Software of Bihar

Bihar, with the help of modern technology, scientific methods and high quality inputs can easily double the agricultural production and enrich the quality of life in rural areas. However, the major challenge is the inadequacy of farm power and machinery with the farmers for increasing agricultural productivity. In recent times, the use of farm machinery, has slowly made its way in the state under the central and state government initiatives Medium and large scale farmers are encouraged with govt. subsidies to buy advanced, medium and high capacity machinery such as tractor, power tiller, rotavator, combine harvester etc. Making use of ICT, the Govt. of Bihar initiated subsidy distribution through a common platform called OFMAS.