Testing of farm machines is an important aspect of agricultural mechanization which benefits both buyers i.e. farmers as well as the manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Recognizing the importance of testing and evaluation of agricultural machinery and to improve services of testing institutions and bringing out transparency in the entire process of testing and evaluation of machines, a “Centralized Farm Machinery Performance Testing Portal” (www.agrimachinery.nic.in) has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI. This portal has been launched by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on 24.09.2020 in the august presence of Hon’ble Ministers of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala and Shri Kailash Choudhary. On this occasion, Secretary, Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Shri Sanjay Agarwal and other senior officers of the Department were also present. Dr. Ranjna Nagpal, DDG and HOG (Agriculture Informatics Division, NIC) had explained the workflow process, benefits and features of the Portal to the Hon’ble Union Minister. Smt. Mala Mittal, Sr. TD and HOD, Shri Gyan Prakash Singh, Sr. TD and Smt. Himani Sharma, Scientific and Technical Assistant-B were present at the launching ceremony.