Why in news?

• Punjab will be the first state in the country to provide “digitized form J1” in real-time to farmers from this Rabi procurement season.
• ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market) which acts as an income proof for a farmer who sells his crop.
• These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission agents).
• It can be used for raising finance, IT waivers, subsidy claims, farmers’ insurance etc.
• It will act as a record of land under cultivation for both the wheat and paddy crops in state.
• J Forms can also be stored in DigiLocker.