78,000 farmers registered through Bardana Mobile App

LAHORE:During the Covid-19 lockdown, more than 78,000 farmers have been registered since 8th April through Bardana Mobile App, developed by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) under the umbrella of “Digitisation of Food Department”.

This was informed in a progress review meeting chaired by PITB Chairman Azfar Manzoor. Director General IT Ops Faisal Yousuf and other senior officials were also present in the meeting.

PITB Chairman Azfar Manzoor said that PITB had successfully launched Bardana Wheat Procurement, Flour Ledger Management Information System and Inventory Management System. These systems are playing a pivotal role in “Wheat Procurement Drive 2020” and monitoring the stock positions and wheat delivery mechanisms across Punjab, he added.

The meeting was informed that under this module, over 389 food centres had been registered and over 631,000 tons of total Bardana had been issued in Punjab this year.

The wheat procured from farmers is recorded through PITB powered Wheat Procurement app and Web Portal. For the first time, Payment Scroll is introduced, through which payment against the wheat procured is calculated and its access has also been provided to the banks and the centres concerned to facilitate in calculating and making payments to the wheat sellers.