Introduction Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES)is an attached office of the Department of Agriculture &

1. Introduction • Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES)is an attached office of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. • It is solely responsible to collect and provide all kind of Agricultural related statistical information. • The DES have established about 15 Market Intelligence Units (MIUs) at Ranchi, Patna, Lucknow, Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahmadabad, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Shilong and Bhubaneshwar. • Responsibilities of the MIUs • - Implementation of Market Intelligence Scheme • - To maintain close liaison with other reporting agencies like State Agricultural Marketing Departments, FCI, IMD, Traders, FCA and Farmers Etc. • To ensure the reliability of data and its dissemination • appraisal and report price situation and Crop prospects

2. Activities of MIUs • Preparation of advanced estimates of different crops on Weekly basis • Collection, Compilation and Interpretation of Agricultural Produce data on • - Prices, supply, distribution data • - Area, Production and Yield • - price, supplies and distribution of Food and Non-Food items with • reference to policy of State/Centre Govts. • - Sensitivity Analysis on producers share in consumer price and market functionaries profit/loss margin • Preparation of Market survey report • Collection and reporting of prices of essential commodities in selected market in the States.

3. Information Systems identified for Phase-I • Information being transmitted to head Qtrs on Weekly Basis • Wholesale Price Monitoring system • Retail Price Monitoring System on Food and Non-Food Items • Market Intelligence (Food grains) System • Crops Prospects Information System. • Monitoring System for Arrivals, Stocks and Outgoing Quantities

4. Activities identified for Phase-II computerisation • Preparation of advanced estimates of different crops on Weekly basis • Collection, Compilation and interpretation of primary data prices, supply, distribution etc of agricultural produce; • Collection and compilation of data on Area, Production and Yield data of agricultural commodities and also input utilisation; • Study of price, supplies and distribution position of food and non-food items in market centres in the States/Central Government and their impact on food and agricultural front. • Monitoring the price and supply data reported by the primary reporters Agricultural Producers Market Centres in the States and imparting training to the primary reporters; • Preparation of special quarterly report on all the basic aspects of the agricultural situation; • study the Agro-Economics condition of village population in the selected hinterland of representative markets. • Preparation of Annual and Administrative reports for the Annual Conference.

5. Strategy • Centralized Database in SQL Server to be maintained at NIC Head Qtrs • Web enabled system through DACNET Portal • Linkage with AGMARKNET • Only Weekly Price Monitoring System to be implemented initially

6. Market Trend and Analysis (MTA) Unit • At central level MTA is responsible to coordinate with MIUs to get the data • MTA analyse the data and prepare trend and analysis report. • MTA report consumed by FCI, Economics Affairs, Consumer affairs and • Commerce and Industry. • MTA report also used for decision making support system for preparing Govt. Policies on Agriculture and fixing MSP etc. • Report also used by Agricultural Universities and Agriculturalist for research • and analysis purpose.

7. MIU-1 FCI MIU-2 EA DES (MTA UNIT) MIU-3 CA Central/State Govt. MIU-15

8. Weekly Wholesale Price Monitoring System • This system use to report commodity wise week end reports. • From this input comparative analysis is done. • This analysis process will help to monitor the rends. Weekly retail price monitoring system on Food and Non-Food Items • Retail price reporting system consist of food and non-food items. • Food items report collected on week end basis. • Non-food items report collected on month end basis. • In both type of reporting comparative and trend analysis is done.

9. Weekly Crops Prospects information System • Accountability of this system to report area sown up to the reporting period • Area likely to be sown during the current season • Expected yield during the current year. Monitoring system for Weekly Arrivals, Stocks and Outgoing Quantities • To find market arrivals from villages and other markets. • Stock at the beginning of the week. • Outgoing quantities for local and dispatches outstation.

10. Market Intelligence Reporting System on food grains • Textual report is prepared based on the local prevailing trend of market. • It will cover the following aspects like weather and rain fall conditions, • Crop prospects, price trends and market arrivals, stock and market sentiments.

11. Directorate of Economis & Statistics(DES) • It is located at krishi Bahan, New Delhi • Under DAC, M/O Agriculture • Headed by Economic & Statistical Adviser • Responsible for maintaining and providing agricultural statistics to the Government of India.

12. Application Software Requirements of DES, New Delhi • Land Use Statistics This system consist of three components namely Land Use Classification, Crop and Area Irrigated and Area under Crops. . State Agricultural Statistical Agency(SASA) is the reporting agency for LUS. . LUS data being collected year wise, district and state wise. . This web enabled system is already implemented in the DES.

13. Area, Production and Yield (APY) System • Crop wise, season wise and district wise information is collected on area, production and yield. • Data entry is being done in client/server mode. • Web enabled reporting.

14. Agricultural Commodity Price System(ACPS) • Monitor the MSP(minimum support price) to the farmers. • DES collects the data through price reporters where ever the market arrivals are high. • Client/server mode for data entry and web enabled for reporting. • Comparative analysis is done to facilitate the price data with previous week, month and year.

15. Retail Prices Information System • The data is collected and monitored for essential commodities of food and non-food items on weekly basis. • Data entry is done in Client/server mode. • Reports are web enabled. • Central database is maintained.