Lok Sabha Question No. 1025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Unified Farmer Service Interface
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1025

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## UNIFIED FARMER SERVICE INTERFACE

1025. MS. DIYA KUMARI

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding the pilot project of the Unified Farmer Service Interface and  Agristack,  in  furtherance of  which  the  Department  of  Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has entered into four MoUs;
- (b) the  details  of  the  benefits  of  the  Unified  Farmers  Service  Interface  and Agristack; and
- (c) the details of the villages selected in the State of Rajasthan under the said pilot project and the progress of the pilot project in these villages?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to (c) : The Department has commenced the work for creating Agristack in the country.  This  will  serve  as  a  foundation  to  build  innovative  agri-focused  solutions leveraging  technologies  to  contribute  effectively  towards  increasing  the  income  of farmers and improve efficiency of the Agriculture sector in the country.

Leading Technology/Agri-tech/StartUp companies were identified and invited to  collaborate  with  the  Government  of  India  and  develop Proof of  Concepts (PoC) based on data of select  Districts  /  Villages  in  the  federated  Farmers'  database.  A public call through the Department's website was issued inviting proposals for MoU. Companies were invited to sign MoU on purely pro bono basis for a period of one year  and  develop  the  PoCs.  These  PoCs  will  help  in  understanding  the  uses  of Agristack and service & solutions that can be built using available data and some of them,  if  found  beneficial  to  the  farmers  will  be  scaled  up  at  National  level.  In  this regard, the  Government  during the last  year  have  signed  Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU)  with  leading  Technology/Agri-tech  Players  &  Start-ups  for working on Proof of Concepts (PoCs) in the select Districts/Villages. The details of the  MoUs  alongwith  the  selected  states/District/Villages  including  the  state  of Rajasthan, under the said PoCs project are given at Annexure I & II.

## Details of MoU entered by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with leading Technology/Agri-tech/StartUp companies to develop Proof of Concepts (PoCs):

|   S No | Name of the Company                                  | Focus Area                                                                                                                                              | Physical Area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd                             | Consolidating agri ecosystem across the value chain (farm to fork) to empower the farmer using Data Analytics in 100 villages.                          | 10 districts (Annexure II) - (100 villages in Annexure) Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) Mahesana (Gujarat) Banas Kantha (Gujarat) Amreli (Gujarat) Kaithal (Haryana) Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Morena (Madhya Pradesh) Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) |
|      2 | ESRI India Technologies Limited                      | Establishment & Launch of 'Nation Agriculture Geo Hub' and for using their 'ArcGIS' platform enabling a GIS layer over Farmers' Database.               | 02 Districts - Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|      3 | Amazon Web Services India                            | Digital services across the agri value chain and creating an innovation ecosystem around digital agriculture                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      4 | Star Agribazaar Technology Private limited           | Collaborating with Department of Agriculture for a pilot project to promote digital agriculture                                                         | 03 districts - Kota (Rajasthan) Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) Guna (Madhya Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|      5 | Patanjali Organic Research Institute Private Limited | Farm management and farmers service                                                                                                                     | 03 districts - Haridwar (Uttarakhand) Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) Morena (Madhya Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      6 | JIO Platforms Ltd                                    | Taking up primary intervention module, i.e., advisory (basic as well as advanced) service in first phase                                                | 02 districts - Nashik (Maharashtra) Jalna (Maharashtra)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      7 | ITC Limited                                          | Building a Customized 'Site Specific Crop Advisory' service and Digitization of Dairy Value Chain and support Wheat crop operations                     | 02 districts - Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      8 | Cisco Commerce India Pvt Ltd                         | Conceptualizing a Proof of Concept in effective knowledge sharing between farmers, administration, academia and industry                                | 02 districts - Kaithal (Haryana) Morena (Madhya Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      9 | NCDEX e-Markets Ltd (NeML)                           | Digital marketplace to contribute effectively towards increasing the income of farmers and improve farm efficiency/efficiency of the Agriculture sector | 03 districts - Nasik (Maharashtra) Devangere (Karnataka) Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|     10 | Ninjacart - 63Ideas Infolabs Pvt Ltd                 | Developing and hosting the Agri Marketplace Platform                                                                                                    | 03 districts - Indore (Madhya Pradesh) Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Anand (Gujarat)                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

Annexure-II

| List of 100 Villages -   | List of 100 Villages -   | List of 100 Villages -   | List of 100 Villages -   | List of 100 Villages -   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S No                     | State Name               | District Name            | Sub District Name        | Village Name             |
| 1                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tenali                   | Gudivada                 |
| 2                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tenali                   | Katevaram                |
| 3                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tenali                   | Nelapadu                 |
| 4                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tenali                   | China Ravuru             |
| 5                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tenali                   | Pedaravuru               |
| 6                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Chebrolu                 | Vadlamudi                |
| 7                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tsundur                  | Penugudurupadu           |
| 8                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tsundur                  | Valiveru                 |
| 9                        | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tsundur                  | Edlapalle                |
| 10                       | Andhra Pradesh           | Guntur                   | Tsundur                  | Chinaparimi              |
| 11                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Tadepalligudem           | Padala                   |
| 12                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Unguturu                 |
| 13                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Vellamilli               |
| 14                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Badampudi                |
| 15                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Bommidi                  |
| 16                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Kagupadu                 |
| 17                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Ravulaparru              |
| 18                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Rachuru                  |
| 19                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Unguturu                 | Dontavaram               |
| 20                       | Andhra Pradesh           | West Godavari            | Pentapadu                | Jatlapalem               |
| 21                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Unjha                    | Kamli                    |
| 22                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Unjha                    | Dasaj                    |
| 23                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Unjha                    | Maktupur                 |
| 24                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Unjha                    | Bhankhar                 |
| 25                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Unjha                    | Vanagla                  |
| 26                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Visnagar                 | Tarabh                   |
| 27                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Visnagar                 | Khandosan                |
| 28                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Visnagar                 | Jetalvasana              |
| 29                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Visnagar                 | Satusana                 |
| 30                       | Gujarat                  | Mahesana                 | Visnagar                 | Valam                    |
| 31                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Ranpur Athamno Vas       |
| 32                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Kant                     |
| 33                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Malgadh                  |
| 34                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Vadaval                  |
| 35                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Juna Deesa               |
| 36                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Bhoyan                   |
| 37                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Rasana Nana              |
| 38                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Rasana Mota              |
| 39                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Dhuva                    |
| 40                       | Gujarat                  | Banas Kantha             | Deesa                    | Vasna (Juna Deesa)       |
| 41                       | Haryana                  | Kaithal                  | Fatehpur Pundri          | Mohna                    |
| 42                       | Haryana                  | Kaithal                  | Fatehpur Pundri          | Teontha                  |

| 43    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Munerheri         |
|-------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 44    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Buchi             |
| 45    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Rasina            |
| 46    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Ahmedpur          |
| 47    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Dosain            |
| 48    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Dhand St          | Ahun              |
| 49    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Dhand St          | Sakra             |
| 50    | Haryana         | Kaithal       | Fatehpur Pundri   | Doliani           |
| 51    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Chhindwara        | Rohana Kalan      |
| 52    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Chhindwara        | Thuniya Udana     |
| 53    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Chhindwara        | Guraiya           |
| 54    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Chhindwara Nagar  | Thuniya Bhand     |
| 55    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Chhindwara Nagar  | Imli Kheda        |
| 56    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Mohkhed           | Khairwada         |
| 57    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Mohkhed           | Shikarpur         |
| 58    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Mohkhed           | Jaitpur Khurd     |
| 59    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Mohkhed           | Khunajhir Kalan   |
| 60    | Madhya Pradesh  | Chhindwara    | Mohkhed           | Murmari           |
| 61    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Ikbalpur          |
| 62    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Bhisi Mirzapur    |
| 63    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Dahgawan          |
| 64    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Narai             |
| 65    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Jirauli Kalan     |
| 66    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Amritpur Asadpur  |
| 67    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Jirauli Khurd     |
| 68    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Sidhauli          |
| 69    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Pora              |
| 70    | Uttar Pradesh   | Hathras       | Sikandra Rao      | Jansoi            |
| 71    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Nawada            |
| 72    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Gadery            |
| 73    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Lahra Mahuan      |
| 74    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Santpur           |
| 75    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Badanpur          |
| 76    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Lalpur Sadhini    |
| 77    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Sathni Dalippur   |
| 78    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Barauli           |
| 79    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Halpura           |
| 80    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mainpuri      | Mainpuri          | Sagauni           |
| 81    | Gujarat         | Amreli        | Amreli            | Amarpur (Varudi)  |
| 82    | Gujarat         | Amreli        | Amreli            | Chakkargadh       |
| 83    | Gujarat         | Amreli        | Amreli            | Gavadka           |
| 84    | Gujarat Gujarat | Amreli        | Amreli            | Ishvariya         |
| 85    |                 | Amreli        | Amreli            | Lalavadar         |
| 86 87 | Gujarat Gujarat | Amreli Amreli | Amreli Amreli     | Mangvapal Rangpur |

|   88 | Gujarat        | Amreli   | Amreli   | Keriyanagas   |
|------|----------------|----------|----------|---------------|
|   89 | Gujarat        | Amreli   | Amreli   | Vadera        |
|   90 | Gujarat        | Amreli   | Amreli   | Varasda       |
|   91 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Bamor    | Karua         |
|   92 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Joura    | Khaneta       |
|   93 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Joura    | Maharajpur    |
|   94 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Joura    | Silaytha      |
|   95 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Atarsuma      |
|   96 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Chonda        |
|   97 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Dompura       |
|   98 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Lalaurkalan   |
|   99 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Morenagaon    |
|  100 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena   | Morena   | Mudiya Kheda  |

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