Annapurna Krishi Prasaar SevaTM (AKPS)’ is a joint initiative of DIC, ANGRAU and PJTSAU and is implemented with an objective to provide right information at right time in user-specified mode and time in local language. AKPS was launched by the then Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology – Sh J Satyanarayana, IAS. The pilot of AKPS was started with 12 villages in 2013.