<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, an online demonstration of Tripura model of State Procurement Portal was held today at Krishi Bhawan, Jammu with the purpose to replicate the same in Jammu division. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the Demo was hosted by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Delhi in collaboration with NIC, Jammu where the Department of Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu and FCI also participated. </span><br />''<br />''Director Agriculture Jammu, K. K. Sharma outlined that development of e-Procurement Portal is the need of the hour in view of the ensuing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 so that  timely registration of farmers on the portal can be completed before the start of KMS. He said that this initiative will pave the way to hassle free procurement of Kharif produce from the farmers and facilitate transparency in direct money transfer in the accounts of concerned farmers as per MSP notified by the Government there by eliminating the role of middlemen. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The representative from NIC, Delhi asserted that they are keenly working for the implementation of Tripura procurement model in Jammu. It was also informed that the procurement portal will streamline the procurement process and to automate the manual process eliminating time wastage and human errors.</span><br />