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Farmers often face long waiting times, lack of information regarding procurement schedules, and uncertainty about procurement status.

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Ideas submitted
500 / 500
Deadline
30 September 2026
Category
Software
Theme
Smart Automation

Looks like it needs

IoT / Embedded

Expected Solution: Develop a platform that

• Enables farmer registration and slot booking. • Provides real-time queue management. • Sends SMS/app notifications. • Tracks procurement and payment status. • Reduces congestion and waiting time at procurement centres.

How contested this one is

as of 28 Sept
500ideas submitted

That puts it at the top of the 240 statements that have any ideas at all, out of 240 on the board. It has not moved since the last check.

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What a jury will ask about this

  1. 01“Who actually faces this problem today?”

    What works: Naming one real person and what they do instead right now. Reading the statement back is not an answer, they already read it.

  2. 02“This already exists. Why yours?”

    What works: That existing tools are consumer products. Yours is built for the ministry, works offline, in the local language, on official data.

  3. 03“Then why has nobody solved it yet?”

    What works: The real blocker. No connectivity, no incentive, nobody owns the data. You only know this if you read the ministry's own reports.

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