Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Govt. of Odisha, Dr. Arun Kumar Sahoo, inaugurated the web portal “DBT on e-need based input” and Input Odisha Mobile App https://dbtinputodisha.nic.in on 2nd August 2021 at Krushi Bhawan, Odisha in the presence of Shri R K Sharma, IAS, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG and SIO, Odisha, Smt. Anu Garg, IAS, Principal Secretary of Water resource, Shri S K Vashishth, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Agriculture and FE, Dr. M Muthu Kumar, IAS, Director Agriculture & FP, Shri R Raghu Prasad, IFS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary Animal Husbandry, Vice-Chancellor, OUAT, Shri Rohit Kumar Lenka, IFS, Director Horticulture, and Director Soil Conservation Shri H K Panda. Pesticides & insecticides play a vital role in the management of insects, diseases & weeds of different crops. Enforcement of quality use of pesticides is governed by the State government.