Lok Sabha Question No. 1169 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Digital Identities to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1169

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## DIGITAL IDENTITIES TO FARMERS

## 1169.  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of digital identities that have been issued to farmers Statewise including North Eastern Region (NER) during the current financial year and the target set for the same;
- (b) the details of the number of districts covered under the Digital Crop Nationwide Survey, State-wise including the NER along with the targets set for the same;
- (c)  the  steps taken/being taken by the Government to update old and inaccurate land records including the share of cadastral maps that have been digitised;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated a separate data policy for the agriculture and if so, the details and the salient features thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (e) whether the features of the Agri Stack have been extended to tenant farmers, farm
- labourers and sharecroppers, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a): As on 07.02.2024, a total of 2,05,59,196 farmer IDs have been created. A target has been set for creation of 11 Crore Farmer IDs by 2026-27 including digital identity of the farmers of all the North eastern states.
- (b): Digital Crop survey has been conducted in 461 Districts in Kharif 2024 against the target of 400 Districts. The Details are given at Annexure.
- (c) to (e): State Registry, a component of AgriStack, is built in a federated architecture. Thus, the ownership of the data is with the respective States. The federated system has been  built  considering  the  privacy  aspects  as  per  Digital  Personal  Data  Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. At present,  the  Farmer  Database  will  cover  all  the  land  holders' farmers, including women farmers, across the nation. Farmers Registry application has the provision to onboard the tenant and lessee farmers. State can decide to include such  farmers  in  the  Farmers  Registry  as  per  the  State  policy.  The  land  records  for incorporating the inheritance and land transactions are updated by the respective State Governments.

Annexure

|   Sr. No. | State Name     |   Total Districts covered under DCS | Total Plots surveyed   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                  75 | 5,37,13,000            |
|         2 | Gujarat        |                                  33 | 82,26,090              |
|         3 | Bihar          |                                  20 | 17,35,146              |
|         4 | Tamil Nadu     |                                  38 | 1,73,48,823            |
|         5 | Odisha         |                                  30 | 2,55,72,394            |
|         6 | Telangana      |                                  32 | 4,43,225               |
|         7 | Assam          |                                  29 | 26,24,942              |
|         8 | Maharashtra    |                                  34 | 11,17,068              |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh |                                  55 | 4,68,41,871            |
|        10 | Andhra Pradesh |                                  26 | 1,06,60,474            |
|        11 | Rajasthan      |                                  50 | 19,50,466              |
|        12 | Kerala         |                                  03 | 8,72,655               |
|        13 | Chhattisgarh   |                                  19 | 24,16,408              |
|        14 | Punjab         |                                  06 | 44,649                 |
|        15 | Karnataka      |                                  31 | 66,87,960              |

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