The Government has approved the Digital Agriculture Mission in September 2024. The Mission envisages the creation of a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture, such as Agri Stack, Krishi Decision Support System, a comprehensive Soil Fertility & Profile Map and other IT initiatives undertaken by Central Government/State Governments to enable a robust digital agriculture ecosystem in the country. This, in turn, would drive innovative farmer-centric digital solutions and make reliable crop-related information available to all farmers on time. The Agri Stack DPI consists of three foundational registries or databases associated with the agriculture sector, i.e., Geo-Referenced Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry, and the Farmers Registry, all created and maintained by the State Governments/ Union Territories.

The State Farmer Registry covers all the land holders’ farmer. As of 04.08.2025, a total of 7,04,49,809 Farmer IDs have been generated. Further, Digital Crop Survey has been undertaken in 492 Districts in Rabi 2024-25 for more than 23.5 Crore plots.

Agri Stack provides comprehensive and useful data on farmers' demographic details, land holdings, and crops sown, enabling farmers to digitally identify and authenticate them for accessing benefits and services such as credit, insurance, procurement etc. It also enables state to design farmer-centric solutions that open access for farmers to the digital economy such as Purchase and Sell of Inputs and Produce online in a trustful manner.  On the request of the State Governments, Farmer ID is being used for farmers to get enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) from Kharif 2025 onwards for Maharashtra. Further, Farmer ID is also being used in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for enrolment under PMFBY and RWBCIS. Further, the Farmer ID is also being used for issue of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to provide loans to farmers. At present, the data is being shared only with government agencies for the benefit of farmers under various schemes.

This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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