ICT initiatives being undertaken by the Department of Agriculture in Jharkhand can be divided into three parts: initiatives under National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A), initiatives of SAMETI, Jharkhand and initiatives of Birsa Agricultural University. Under the NeGP plan, 33000 farmers from the State were linked to Kisan SMS Facility and 3.50 lakh agro-advisory SMS have been sent in Hindi till date.