Shimla, Aug. 14 -- An online meeting and training session on the "Krishi Mapper" application, a digital platform developed by the Government of India for capturing the exact location of fields, orchard and assets through geo-tagging and geo-fencing, was organised under the chairmanship of horticulture director Vinay Singh on Wednesday.

A spokesperson of the horticulture department informed that this application would support real-time monitoring for instant supervision of field activities and assessment of progress besides elimination of duplication of beneficiaries to ensure transparency. The application would be beneficial in maintaining the centralised digital database for maintaining integrated records of all horticulture and agricul...