What is the purpose of the Digital Agriculture Mission?

The Digital Agriculture Mission seeks to harness technology to enhance agricultural productivity and efficiency. It focuses on creating digital infrastructure, such as the AgriStack, to provide farmers with accurate information, support, and services.

What is a Farmer ID, and how is it created?

A Farmer ID is a unique digital identifier assigned to each farmer, based on their Aadhaar number and linked to state land records. It includes details like demographic information, land holdings, and crop patterns. This ID facilitates seamless access to government schemes and services.

How many Farmer IDs have been generated so far?

As of February 2025, over 20.5 million Farmer IDs have been created across various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. This initiative aims to cover approximately 110 million farmers nationwide.

Is the Farmer ID mandatory for government schemes?

Yes, starting January 1, 2025, new applicants for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme are required to register with the Farmers' Registry and provide their Farmer ID to avail benefits.

How can farmers register for a Farmer ID?

Farmers can register through the official AgriStack portal or designated state agriculture department websites. The process involves providing personal details, land records, and bank information. Assistance is available at local Common Service Centres (CSCs) or agricultural offices.

Is the Farmer ID mandatory for government schemes?

Yes, starting January 1, 2025, new applicants for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme are required to register with the Farmers' Registry and provide their Farmer ID to avail benefits.

What is the purpose of the Digital Agriculture Mission?

The Digital Agriculture Mission seeks to harness technology to enhance agricultural productivity and efficiency. It focuses on creating digital infrastructure, such as the AgriStack, to provide farmers with accurate information, support, and services.

What is a Farmer ID, and how is it created?

A Farmer ID is a unique digital identifier assigned to each farmer, based on their Aadhaar number and linked to state land records. It includes details like demographic information, land holdings, and crop patterns. This ID facilitates seamless access to government schemes and services.

How many Farmer IDs have been generated so far?

As of February 2025, over 20.5 million Farmer IDs have been created across various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. This initiative aims to cover approximately 110 million farmers nationwide.

How can farmers register for a Farmer ID?

Farmers can register through the official AgriStack portal or designated state agriculture department websites. The process involves providing personal details, land records, and bank information. Assistance is available at local Common Service Centres (CSCs) or agricultural offices.

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Digital Agriculture Mission: Accelerating Farmer IDs For India’s Agriculture Growth

Komal Bajpai

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Updated: 28-01-2025 at 7:22 AM

Digital Agriculture Mission: Accelerating Farmer IDs For India’s Agriculture Growth

The digitisation of agriculture will soon revolutionise India's agriculture through the Digital Agriculture Mission. In its capacity, the MoAFW is launching the SHGs centred Aadhaar-linked Farmer IDs, referred to as ‘Kisan Pehchaan Patra’ to digitise farmer details and enhance service delivery. In this article, we aim to explain what exactly are Farmer IDs, what they are good for, and what is currently being done to popularise them across the country.

What Is The Farmer ID Or ‘Kisan Pehchaan Patra’?

Farmer ID is a device identity card for farmers that is connected to Aadhaar and state record books. The following points will help you to understand it better:-

Purpose: It is used in the surveillance of farmers and collection of information concerning; ownership of land, patterns of crops grown and details of livestock.
Budget: It will have a budget of ₹2,817 crore with ₹1,940 crore in funding from the Central Government.
Use Cases: Today this card makes it possible for farmers to access facilities such as crop insurance, loans and comprehensive maps of village land.
Part of Agri Stack: The Farmer ID is the central element of the so-called ‘Farmers Registry,’ which is part of the larger Digital Agriculture Mission.

What Are The Government’s Goals For Farmer Digital Identities?

The government is targeting to create digital identities for the farmers in a phased manner of 11 crore as follows:-

FY 2024-25 Target: 60 million farmers.
FY 2025-26 Target: 30 million farmers.
FY 2026-27 Target: 2 million farmers.

Implementation Strategy: There has been encouragement of States to have a camp-mode approach within a short period and they are encouraged to register as many people as possible.

How Are States Encouraged To Speed Up The Farmer Registrations?

To encourage the states, the Centre has come up with guidelines and incentives that will help speed up the registration process.

Camp Organisation: Locally, the states will embark on conducting camps to consolidate the farmers together and take their details effectively.

Incentives:

₹15,000 per camp organised.
₹10 per Farmer ID generated.

Funding Source: The said incentives will be funded through the latest rural development scheme known as the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan).

Which States Are Leading The Initiative?

Certain states have already made progress in their journey to revitalising their economies; others are only beginning the implementation process.

Advanced Implementation: Rendering cash crops and food grains including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh among others.
Testing Phase: Chattisgarh, Assam and Orissa.
Funding Support: Under the Special Assistance scheme, the Ministry of Finance has provided ₹5,000 crores for registering the Farmers and the Registry will remain open till March 2025.

What Are The Key Benefits Of Farmer IDs?

Farmer IDs are beneficial since they help the farmers get an identity on the social media platform as well as help them know how the mobile money services work. Farmer IDs are introduced to today’s agriculture and they aspire to increase better delivery of benefits.

Access to Schemes:

Government products and services such as crop insurance and Credit facilities are available at the convenience of the users.

Data Accuracy:

A unique and detailed database of demographic and farming information that policymakers can use to better inform their decisions.

Enhanced Services:

Subsidies and compensation are some of the most helpful when in the form of digitalised records in terms of process facilitation.

Transparency:

He noted that duplication and errors that come with manual entry of data have been minimised in farmer databases.

Conclusion

Digital Agriculture Mission and especially the Farmer ID is the biggest boon for Indian agriculture. With an effort to democratise the farmer’s information to bring the benefits relating to farming, the government in question seeks to extend optimal control, simplify the process through which farmers could obtain the mentioned benefits, and modify many farming-related processes.

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