Lok Sabha Question No. 448 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Agri Stack Impact on Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 448

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 th   FEBRUARY, 2025

## AGRI STACK IMPACT ON FARMING

## 448. Dr. Amar Singh:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the recently created Agri Stack will serve as a comprehensive database through detailed records of farmers, land usage and crop patterns;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government for improving the lives of farmers and increasing their income?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b):  The  Agristack  brings  together  various  digital  components  in  the agriculture  and  allied  sectors  value-chain.  It  provides  a  comprehensive  and  useful database  on  Farmers'  Demographic  details  related  to  Land  Holdings,  and  Crops Sown, enabling farmers to digitally identify and authenticate themselves for accessing benefits and services viz., credit, insurance, procurement facilities etc. It also enables accurate information at the farm level relating to area under a particular crop to arrive at  accurate  production  estimation.  Agristack  facilitates  informed  policy  decisions regarding export, import, markets intervention and planning of Schemes for agriculture sector.
- (c): For improving the lives of farmers and increasing their income, the Government has  substantially  enhanced  the  budget  allocation  of  Department  of  Agriculture  & Farmers Welfare from Rs. 21,933.50 crore BE during 2013-14 to Rs. 1,22,528.77 crore BE during 2024-25. This enhanced budgetary provision has been made to facilitate the efforts of the Government towards the following:
- i. Income support to farmers through PM KISAN
- ii. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- iii. Institutional Credit for agriculture sector
- iv. Fixing of Minimum Support Price (MSP) at one-and-a half times the cost of production
- v. Promotion of organic/natural farming in the country
- vi. Per Drop More Crop
- vii. Micro Irrigation Fund
- viii. Namo Drone Didi
- ix. Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)
- x. National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)
- xi. Agricultural Mechanization
- xii. Providing Soil Health Cards to farmers
- xiii. Setting up of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) extension Platform
- xiv. Launch of the National Mission for Edible Oils - Oil Palm
- xv. Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
- xvi. Improvement in farm produce logistics
- xvii. Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH)  -  Cluster Development Programme
- xviii. Creation of a Start-up Eco system in agriculture and allied sector
- xix. Increase in Export of Agri and Allied Agri- Commodities

Government of India supplements the efforts of States through appropriate policy measures,  budgetary  support  and  through  various  schemes/  programmes.  The various schemes/ programmes of the Government of India are meant for the welfare of farmers by increasing production, remunerative returns and provide income support to the farmers.

Further,  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  is implementing National Food Security and Nutrition Mission (NFSNM) in all of the 28 States and 2 Union Territories viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh with the objective to increase food grain production through area expansion and productivity enhancement. Under NFSNM, assistance is given through State governments to the farmers  for  interventions  like  cluster  demonstrations  on  improved  package  of practices, demonstrations on cropping system, distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs)/hybrids, improved farm machineries/resource conservation machineries/tools, efficient water application tools, plant protection measures, nutrient management/soil  ameliorants,  processing  &  post-harvest  equipments,  cropping system based trainings to the farmers etc. The mission also provides support to the Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  &  State  Agricultural  Universities (SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology back-stopping and transfer of technology to the farmer under supervision of Subject Matter Specialists/Scientists/Experts.

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