Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Digital Identities to Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## 490.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 490

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  FEBRAURY, 2026

## DIGITAL IDENTITIES TO FARMERS

## SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH:

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

- (a) the number of digital identities issued to the farmers in the country during the last five years  along  with  the  target  fixed  therefore,  State-wise,  particularly  district-wise  in Maharashtra;
- (b) the details of the districts in the country covered under the digital crop survey and the targets  set  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  including  Parbhani  Parliamentary Constituency, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) the  steps  being  taken  to  update  old  and  erroneous  land  records  and  the  part  of cadastral maps digitized so far;
- (d) whether the Government has prepared any separate data policy for agriculture, if so the salient features and details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  features  of  Agri  Stack  have  been  made  available  to  the  cultivators, agricultural labourers and sharecroppers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government has approved the Digital Agriculture Mission in September 2024. The Mission envisages the creation of a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture, Such  as  AgriStack,  Krishi  Decision  Support  System,  a  Comprehensive  Soil  Fertility  & Profile Map  and  other  IT  initiatives  undertaken  by  the  Central  Government/State Government to enable a robust digital agriculture ecosystem in the country. This, in turn, would drive innovative farmer-centric digital solutions and make them reliable. Crop-related information  is  available  to  all  farmers  on  time.  The  AgriStack  DPI  consists  of  three foundational  registries  or  databases  associated  with  the  agriculture  sector,  i.e.,  GeoReference Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry, and the Farmers Registry, all created and maintained  by  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territories.  The  Government  has  set  the target to create 11 Crore Farmer IDs by March 2027. As of 01.02.2026, more than 8.43 Crore Farmer IDs have been generated, including 1,31,20,468 Farmer IDs in the State of Maharashtra. State-wise and Maharashtra's district-wise details of Farmer IDs are given in Annexure.

(b): Further, in Kharif 2025, the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) has been conducted in 604 Districts covering more than 28.5 crores plots. The Government of Maharashtra has stated that the e-Pik Pahani being done in the State since 2021 has been upgraded since 2023

on a pilot basis and has been operational since the Rabi 2024 season. The survey is aimed at covering 100 percent of owners' plots under the Digital Crop Survey.

(c): The State of Maharashtra has informed that under the Farmer registry, the Records of  Rights data (7/12 extracts) is shared through Live Application Programming Interface (API) to enrol the farmer registry. Hence, the data as on date is accurate as in the RoR database. The e-Ferfar module is also active; and the incorporation of Farmer ID in the RoR database has been tested. Under the Geo-referenced maps registry, there are more than 41000 digitized maps, and its APIs have been shared.

(d): State  Farmer  Registry,  also  a  component  of  AgriStack,  is  built  in  a  federated architecture,  which  means the ownership of the data is  with the respective States. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has developed the Agri Stack in accordance with  the  Digital  Personal  Data  Protection  Act,  2023  to  ensure  the  complete  privacy  of farmers' data by ensuring that farmers' data is collected only with their consent and farmers have full control over their data for sharing with authorized entities for specific purposes. The Government of India also ensures robust data security in the Agri Stack, which is fully compliant with the cyber security guidelines of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). Agri Stack maintains farmers' information in an encrypted manner so that only the designated system  can  read  it.  Secure  APIs  and  token-based  authentication  govern  all  data exchanges,  ensuring  controlled  access  to  data.  In  addition,  the  government  conducts regular security audits of all these IT systems to protect the data stored in the IT systems.

(e): The  state  Farmer  Registry  under  the  digital  agriculture  mission  covers  all  the landholding farmers, including women farmers. The farmer 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 on tenants and lessee farmers.

| Annexure to Unstarred Question Number 490 Due for 03.02.206   | Annexure to Unstarred Question Number 490 Due for 03.02.206   | Annexure to Unstarred Question Number 490 Due for 03.02.206   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                         | District Name                                                 | Total No. of Farmer IDs as on 01.02.2026                      |
| 1                                                             | AKOLA                                                         | 256091                                                        |
| 2                                                             | AMRAVATI                                                      | 419024                                                        |
| 3                                                             | BULDHANA                                                      | 487555                                                        |
| 4                                                             | WASHIM                                                        | 226292                                                        |
| 5                                                             | YAVATMAL                                                      | 437298                                                        |
| 6                                                             | BEED                                                          | 545680                                                        |
| 7                                                             | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar                                     | 541025                                                        |
| 8                                                             | Dharashiv                                                     | 385171                                                        |
| 9                                                             | HINGOLI                                                       | 247624                                                        |
| 10                                                            | JALNA                                                         | 447700                                                        |
| 11                                                            | LATUR                                                         | 430608                                                        |
| 12                                                            | NANDED                                                        | 599364                                                        |
| 13                                                            | PARBHANI                                                      | 374410                                                        |
| 14                                                            | PALGHAR                                                       | 130255                                                        |
| 15                                                            | RAIGAD                                                        | 189594                                                        |
| 16                                                            | RATNAGIRI                                                     | 273766                                                        |
| 17                                                            | SINDHUDURG                                                    | 167579                                                        |
| 18                                                            | THANE                                                         | 92458                                                         |
| 19                                                            | BHANDARA                                                      | 241267                                                        |
| 20                                                            | CHANDRAPUR                                                    | 333575                                                        |
| 21                                                            | GADCHIROLI                                                    | 170264                                                        |
| 22                                                            | GONDIA                                                        | 261158                                                        |
| 23                                                            | NAGPUR                                                        | 248384                                                        |
| 24                                                            | WARDHA                                                        | 201263                                                        |
| 25                                                            | AHILYANAGAR                                                   | 885347                                                        |
| 26                                                            | DHULE                                                         | 212495                                                        |
| 27                                                            | JALGAON                                                       | 555233                                                        |
| 28                                                            | NANDURBAR                                                     | 128955                                                        |
| 29                                                            | NASHIK                                                        | 642705                                                        |
| 30                                                            | KOLHAPUR                                                      | 516520                                                        |
| 31                                                            | PUNE                                                          | 661757                                                        |
| 32                                                            | SANGLI                                                        | 496927                                                        |
| 33                                                            | SATARA                                                        | 605225                                                        |
| 34                                                            | SOLAPUR                                                       | 707558                                                        |
| 35                                                            | MUMBAI SUBURBAN                                               | 341                                                           |
|                                                               | State Total                                                   | 13120468                                                      |

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