Problems faced by the sector:

♤ Infrastructure problems like inadequate support of hardware for every village like PCs, internet connectio , printer, etc.

♤ Problem of continuous electricity supply to be connected to the internet.

♤ Inadequate trained professional to guide the village common farmer with usage of internet or other software programmes.

♤ Providing free software and subsidy for hardware components imposes huge financial burden on central government.

♤ Proper connectivity or expansion of telecom operators in rural areas.

♤ No adequate promotion to Research or social innovative products in rural backdrop.

♤ Lack of effective community participation and awareness nationwide.

♤ Problem of providing ICT facility in local language.

But all the above problems can be solved by successful completion of some projects and schemes like full electrification of all villages, national optical fiber network, off grid promotion to solar energy, feeder separation for consumers and agriculture, promotion of training to rural youths in computer, awareness programmes about the benefits of use of ICT, linking industry with agriculture to bring in use of technology, etc.

ICT can thus be leveraged for enhancing the capacity of the agriculture sector and improving and diversifying farm incomes.