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“Since this process was earlier done manually, by talathi (village accountant of revenue department), it would take a long time for updation. Nashik: The pilot project for recording crop-sowing activity through mobile application has been launched in Dindori taluka of the Nashik district.The exercise is being carried out in tribal taluka of district, which has a huge number of farmers, mostly illetrate. The taluka poses a challenge to the authorities in educating the farmers about the use of internet and smart phones for learning better farming techniques.The record of crops sown have is to be updated on a regular basis in the extract number 12. In case of disaster or calamities, the government would be in a position to process the relief amount and pass it on to the farmers account using the same data.“Currently, in case of drought, the village accountant is made to rush through the farms, do the panchanama, which takes a lot of time and then the data is sent to the government. The process has been made simpler by Tata Trust, which has come up with the mobile application and the farmers must use the same for timely updation of the records,” divisional commissioner Rajaram Mane said.Notably, Dindori was one of the six talukas across six divisions of the state selected for the project by the state government..