Lok Sabha Question No. 1211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Digital Agriculture Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao, Shri Naba Charan Majhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1211

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## DIGITAL AGRICULTURE MISSION

1211.  DR. RAJESH MISHRA: DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI: SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO:

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

- (a) the manner in which inclusivity is ensured in the mission to include women farmers, Sharecroppers and informal land holders in digitisation process;
- (b) the provisions made to provide support to the farmers in the areas having poor internet reach or digital infrastructure;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the budget on the basis of progress of the mission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the number of farmers covered under this mission, State and district-wise particularly Sidhi Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a): The State Farmer Registry under the Digital Agriculture Mission covers all the land holders'  farmers,  including  women  farmers.  Farmers  Registry  application  also  has  the provision  to  onboard  the  tenant  and  lessee  farmers.  A  State  can  decide  to  include  such farmers in the Farmers Registry as per the state's policy.

(b) & (c): The Government has approved the Digital Agriculture Mission with an outlay of Rs. 2817 Crore. The Mission seeks to enable a robust digital agriculture ecosystem in the country for driving innovative farmer-centric digital solutions and making available timely and reliable crop-related information to all the farmers in the country. The Mission envisages the creation  of  Digital  Public  Infrastructure  for  Agriculture  such  as  Agristack,  Krishi  Decision Support  System,  Comprehensive  Soil  Fertility  &  Profile  Map  and  other  IT  initiatives undertaken  by  Central  Government/State  Governments.  The  Government  is  providing administrative and technical supports to the all the states for implementation of the Mission.

(d): As on 07.02.2025, a total of 2,05,26,912 farmer IDs have been created which includes 41,87,528 from state of Madhya Pradesh. Out of this approximately 70539 Farmers Ids have been created in Sidhi Districts of Madhya Pradesh. Details of the Farmer Ids created in the states is given at Annexure -I.  Further, District-wise details for the State of Madhya Pradesh is given at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

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|   S.No. | State          | Number of Farmer ID created as on 07.02.2025   |
|---------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Gujarat        | 36,36,390                                      |
|       2 | Madhya Pradesh | 41,87,528                                      |
|       3 | Maharashtra    | 22,54,459                                      |
|       4 | Uttar Pradesh  | 1,02,03,168                                    |
|       5 | Assam          | 1,42,086                                       |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh   | 14,343                                         |
|       7 | Odisha         | 9,848                                          |
|       8 | Andhra Pradesh | 424                                            |
|       9 | Bihar          | 19                                             |
|      10 | Rajasthan      | 75,593                                         |
|      11 | Tamil Nadu     | 3,054                                          |

Annexure-II

|   Sl. No. | District Name         | Farmer IDs Generated   |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Agar-Malwa            | 47387                  |
|         2 | Alirajpur             | 49934                  |
|         3 | Anuppur               | 40376                  |
|         4 | Ashoknagar            | 60070                  |
|         5 | Balaghat              | 185354                 |
|         6 | Barwani               | 58799                  |
|         7 | Betul                 | 121251                 |
|         8 | Bhind                 | 70383                  |
|         9 | Bhopal                | 20507                  |
|        10 | Burhanpur             | 21076                  |
|        11 | Chhatarpur            | 122608                 |
|        12 | Chhindwara            | 120432                 |
|        13 | Damoh                 | 101521                 |
|        14 | Datia                 | 63896                  |
|        15 | Dewas                 | 84962                  |
|        16 | Dhar                  | 118206                 |
|        17 | Dindori               | 70735                  |
|        18 | Guna                  | 71095                  |
|        19 | Gwalior               | 40997                  |
|        20 | Harda                 | 36010                  |
|        21 | Indore                | 33619                  |
|        22 | Jabalpur              | 48190                  |
|        23 | Jhabua                | 85080                  |
|        24 | Katni                 | 71819                  |
|        25 | Khandwa (East Nimar)  | 74119                  |
|        31 | Khargone (West Nimar) | 83852                  |
|        33 | Maihar                | 43910                  |
|        34 | Mandla                | 82221                  |
|        35 | Mandsaur              | 68028                  |
|        32 | MAUGANJ               | 34250                  |
|        26 | Morena                | 72585                  |
|        27 | Narmadapuram          | 78350                  |
|        28 | Narsimhapur           | 78537                  |
|        29 | Neemuch               | 54519                  |
|        30 | Niwari                | 26583                  |
|        36 | Pandhurna             | 33307                  |
|        37 | Panna                 | 51732                  |
|        38 | Raisen                | 79145                  |
|        39 | Rajgarh               | 114165                 |
|        40 | Ratlam                | 72132                  |
|        41 | Rewa                  | 101693                 |
|        42 | Sagar                 | 149307                 |
|        43 | Satna                 | 71011                  |
|        44 | Sehore                | 107017                 |
|        45 | Seoni                 | 151119 52249           |
|        46 | Shahdol               |                        |
|        47 | Shajapur              | 96769                  |

| Sl. No.   | District Name   | Farmer IDs Generated   |
|-----------|-----------------|------------------------|
| 48        | Sheopur         | 36439                  |
| 49        | Shivpuri        | 141643                 |
| 50        | Sidhi           | 70539                  |
| 51        | Singrauli       | 69883                  |
| 52        | Tikamgarh       | 68799                  |
| 53        | Ujjain          | 114293                 |
| 54        | Umaria          | 34119                  |
| 55        | Vidisha         | 130906                 |
|           | Total           | 41,87,528              |

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