Food Distribution SMS Alerts for Farmers

The Indian government, along with the mobile industry, seems to be taking steps to ensure that mobile services are available in the deepest parts of the Indian farming community. The government has begun sending out SMS alerts to farming communities, informing them about details involving the supply of food.

The government of the state of Chhattisgarh is going to provide 35 kilos of rice a month to each family, at the subsidized rate of Rs 3 a kilo, under a food security scheme. What the government has decided to do is send an SMS message that will inform these communities that food is being distributed at designated centers. Families that wish to avail of this service will have to register at the website of the food and civil supplies department.

The food scheme starts on January 16 and will cover 3.4 million families (or about 60 percent of the state’s 20 million population). The SMS facility will go live from January 26.

Via IntoMobile.