 A new day is dawning in India, built on the brakes of bombless possibilities, connected across the farthest corners, where future-forward technologies are addressing our most critical development needs, where the power to stir our dreams lies in the palm of our very own hands. India lives in its farmlands, in the fragrance of the earth and the rippling vistas of its fields. These farmlands have stared the nation to food security. Now, technology is taking the revolution further. With nearly 60% of its workforce engaged in agriculture, India's fortunes depend on those who work the land. Now, an innovative technology solution is putting the power of agribusiness back where it belongs, in the hands of the farmer. Introducing E. Chaupal, the world's largest rural digital infrastructure, conceived and instituted by the Indian corporate group ITC Limited. It is driving technology into the heart of nations farmlands, empowering small farmers by providing access to information, from best practices to market prices, products and weather updates etc. It is modernizing traditional agriculture by increasing efficiency and speeding up the supply, demand and delivery chain. Village Nursing Hera in Central India is one of the 6,500 Chaupals, or village kiosks, across 40,000 villages, catering to 4 million farmers. Here, digital technology is interwoven with the ground realities of the country. When farmers like Kishore Singh walk in, they are greeted by a Sanchalak or facilitator from his own farming community, trained to operate the E. Chaupal system. Today, Kishore Singh has a few basic queries about the market prices of his crop, Soya Bean. Few clicks of the mouse and the web-enabled, computerized network provides Kishore Singh with the current prices of Soya Bean at which he can sell his crop. For Kishore Singh, the E. Chaupal eliminates several levels of middlemen and standardizes processes, allowing him to make profits that have more than doubled in under a decade. Thanks to the scientific farming techniques, he has learned from E. Chaupal. The E. Chaupal project is not restricted to a single kiosk. Welcome to Chaupal Sagar, an agri mall for integrated rural services. Here, farmers select from a whole range of agri products on display, store their produce or lease agricultural equipment like tractors. They can avail of services like soil testing, which is conducted in state-of-the-art labs by trained technicians. Farmers can also attend farmer training programs conducted by agriculture and animal husbandry experts. The Chaupal Sagar is a one-stop shop that meets all the needs of a rural Indian community. In the lives of farmers, the E. Chaupal has a huge impact on the environment because farmers have access to information related to animals, to information related to insects, to information related to food, to information related to computers. Twelve years since the E. Chaupal's inception, entire agricultural communities have experienced significant economic turnarounds. A turnaround that has translated into additional benefits like women's empowerment, conservation, watershed development, supplementary education and much more. With technology evolving, the E. Chaupal initiative takes its next step into mobile telecommunication. The solution that we have deployed is something that will actually keep the farmers, despite being small, in a manner that they can be competitive globally. And that's what the electronic means through linking markets directly. So irrespective of the size of the farmers, they can compete in the global world is the vision for 2020. As the digital revolution sweeps across India's farms, it brings a new wave of hope for farmers like Kishore Singh. Now thanks to E. Chaupal, the winds of change are finally blowing his way.