The official website of FARD Department, Govt. of Odisha was inaugurated by Sri Pradeep Maharathy, Hon’ble Minister, Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department, Government of Odisha on 31st July,2014 in the Conference Hall of  National Informatics Centre, Odisha State Centre,  Bhubaneswar. Other dignitaries present in the occasion were Shri Bishnupada Sethi, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, FARD, Sri P. Krishna Mohan, IFS ,Director, Fisheries, Sri Devi Prasad Panda, Director of AH&VS,  Sri S.K.Mohapatra, Senior Technical Director & SIO I/C, Dr R.N.Behera, Sr. Technical Director, Sri Ajit Kumar Pattanayak, PSA, Sri Dhananjay Hembram , Joint Secretary and other Senior Officers from FARD and NIC.

The website is developed and hosted by  NIC Odisha State Center, Bhubaneswar. It is developed using state-of-art technologies with view to provide reliable information about the department and its various citizen-centric welfare and other activities. The important sections covered in the website are About Us, Objective, Who is Who, Organogram, Various Schemes, Plan & Budget, Acts-Rules-Policies, Statistics, Photo Gallery, Video Gallery. Aslo citizen centric sections such as Orders & Notifications, Forms, Publications are available. Various links of Central/ State Government Websites i.e. RTI, odisha.gov.in, india.gov.in are available.

Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Minister Sri Pradeep Maharathy appreciated the efforts of   NIC for development of the portal. Now the farmers from different parts of the state can reach the department though this website and able to know about the different schemes of the department.

Shri Bishnupada Sethi, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, FARD,  appreciated the NIC team for their co-operation and timely completion of the website. He also thanked their officials for their suggestions/contribution for the website.

Dr R N Behera, STD gave a vivid presentation on the website. He highlighted the objectives   of the website and described how it helps to the fish/cattle farmers for getting up-to-date information regarding different schemes/subsidies of the department.

Sri Dhanjay Hembram, Joint Secretary offered vote of thanks.