Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday launched two new portals, including one for registration of pesticides and the other portal for documentation related to imports and exports of Agri-products and plants.

The minister launched the two portals-CROP (Comprehensive Registration of Pesticides) and PQMS (Plant Quarantine Management System)-at an event held at the Pusa complex, with an aim to improve the ease of doing business.

Addressing the event, Tomar said the two new portals have been launched to make the process of pesticides registration and documentation process for export-import simple and transparent. The government is committed to making improvements in systems if required, he added.

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The country is not only self-sufficient in the foodgrains production, but also has surplus stocks which are attributed to the efforts of the farmers' community, research done by farm scientists, and the farmer-friendly policies of the government, he added.

Source: PTI