A one day National Workshop on "Strategies for use of IT in the Agricultural Marketing during 10th Plan period" was recently organised jointly by Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), Ministry of Agriculture and NIC. NIC is executing the prestigious project 'NICNET based Agricultural Marketing. Information Network - AGMARKNET" which is a 'farmer-centric' project playing a catalytic role in the upliftment of the farming community. The workshop was attended by Officials of the State Agricultural Marketing Boards/ Directorates, Regional Offices of DMI and project co-ordinators of NIC. The workshop was addressed, among others, by Agricultural Marketing Advisor & Joint Secretary (Marketing), Director General (NIC) and Deputy Director General (NIC) Sh. M Moni.