India, March 7 -- Agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi inaugurated a new system on Wednesday, aiming to distribute subsidised seeds and gypsum to farmers through the Point of Sale (POS) devices at the government's agricultural seed warehouses.

Shahi said that approximately seven lakh quintals of seeds were distributed annually to farmers in the state for the Kharif and Rabi seasons. In addition, about 15 to 20,000 metric tonnes of gypsum were also provided to farmers at 75% subsidy.

"Considering the challenges faced by the state's farmers, the government has decided to make subsidies available to registered farmers on the agriculture department's Darshan Portal while purchasing seeds and gypsum from government agricultural seed wareh...