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Which among the following states is first to introduce tele-agriculture to enable the state's farmers to refer their problems to experts on phone without paying any charge?

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Look for the agrarian state that set up a toll free phone line connecting farmers directly to agriculture experts.
Updated On: Jul 13, 2026
  • Karnataka
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Orissa
  • Haryana
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

This question tests knowledge of which state pioneered a free telephone advisory line for farmers in the early 2000s, an early e-governance idea aimed squarely at agriculture.

  1. Karnataka: Karnataka's flagship e-governance project in this era was Bhoomi, which digitised land records, not a farmer telephone advisory service.
  2. Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh built an extensive e-Seva network for bills and certificates, and ran other citizen-service reforms, but the free tele-agriculture helpline was not its pioneering project.
  3. Orissa: Orissa's rural technology push in this period was aimed more at cyclone and disaster warning systems, since the state had suffered a devastating cyclone in 1999, not at an agriculture helpline.
  4. Haryana: Haryana, being a heavily agrarian state, set up a toll free tele-agriculture line where farmers could call and put their crop problems directly to experts without paying any charge, making it the first state to do so.

Since Haryana is the state on record as the first to run this free tele-agriculture service, it is the right answer here.

Let's summarize:

  • Haryana's toll free helpline let farmers reach experts directly at no cost.
  • Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa each ran different e-governance projects that do not match this description.

So the correct answer is Haryana, option (4).

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