Lok Sabha Question No. 1681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: Salient Features of Digital Agriculture Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Malaiyarasan D

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1681

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 th  FEBRAURY, 2026

## SALIENT FEATURES OF DIGITAL AGRICULTURE MISSION

1681.  SHRI MALAIYARASAN D:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Digital Agriculture Mission;
- (b) the manner in which the Government plans to include and train farmers from rural and  vernacular  backgrounds  to  effectively  use  the  digital  tools  introduced  under  the Mission;
- (c) the  current  status  of  fund  allocation  and  utilization  under  the  Digital  Agriculture Mission in the country, State-wise particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the Government plans to set up local digital help desks or training centres in the country particularly in Tamil Nadu villages to assist farmers in using the Mission's digital platforms;
- (e) the  way  in  which  the  Government  monitor  data  privacy  compliance  and  safeguard sensitive farmer information; and
- (f) whether there  are  any  plans  to  provide  offline  or  low-tech  solutions  for  farmers  in regions with limited internet connectivity?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a): Digital Agriculture  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.,  Geo-Reference  Village  Maps,  Crop  Sown  Registry,  and  the  Farmers  Registry,  all created  and  maintained  by  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territories.  As  of  04.02.2026, more than 8.48 Crore Farmer IDs have been generated. Further, in Kharif 2025, the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) has been conducted in 604 Districts covering more than 28.5 crores plots.

(b): Plans  include  training  local  youth,  agricultural  extension  workers,  Krishi  Sakhis  to assist farmers to use the Digital tools, and other portals related to agriculture in vernacular languages at village levels.

(c): In  2025-26,  Government  has  allocated  a  total  Rs.  1200  Crore  to  states/UTs  for conducting Digital Crop Survey across the country. The details  of country  wise  allocation are given in Annexure. Tamil Nadu has allocated Rs. 49.89 Crore and as on 06.02.2026, state has utilized Rs. 7.31 Crore. Further, in FY 2024-25, the Government has released Rs. 58.45 Crore to Tamil Nadu as a Special Central Assistance for generation of farmer IDs to utilize the fund for their capital projects and has also approved Rs.87.68 Crore in 2025-26 for the same.

(d): The Government is providing administrative and technical support to all the states for implementation of the Mission. State have been asked to set up Help Desk to assist the farmers  to  redress  their  grievances.  Further,  the  Government  has  advised  the  States  to adopt a Camp-mode approach, under which financial assistance of Rs. 15,000 per camp has been provisioned to the States to encourage States to organize field-level camps and mobilise local administration.

(e): State  Farmer  Registry,  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 cybersecurity 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 them.

(f): Although  internet  penetration  has  increased  in  rural  areas,  additional  steps  have been taken to ensure digital inclusion of farmers who do not have mobile phones, they can use existing support structures like Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Krishi Sakhis, and  Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs),  to  get  them  registered  on Agristack  and  access services and benefits. Further, states are organizing the camps so that no farmer is left out from getting the benefits of Agristack.

## Annexure

|   Sr.no. | Name of State/UT            |   Allocated Fund (Rs. in Crores) |   Central Share |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh              |                            46.78 |          28.068 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                             0.88 |           0.792 |
|        3 | Assam                       |                            25.31 |          22.779 |
|        4 | Bihar                       |                           138.6  |          83.16  |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                |                            40.56 |          24.336 |
|        6 | Goa                         |                             0.31 |           0.186 |
|        7 | Gujarat                     |                            21.97 |          13.182 |
|        8 | Haryana                     |                            11.4  |           6.84  |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh            |                            25.16 |          22.644 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                            18.29 |          18.29  |
|       11 | Jharkhand                   |                            18.31 |          10.986 |
|       12 | Karnataka                   |                            42.84 |          25.704 |
|       13 | Kerala                      |                            33.25 |          19.95  |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh              |                           127.2  |          76.32  |
|       15 | Maharashtra                 |                            91.62 |          54.972 |
|       16 | Manipur                     |                             0.61 |           0.549 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                   |                             1.07 |           0.963 |
|       18 | Mizoram                     |                             0.32 |           0.288 |
|       19 | Nagaland                    |                             1.43 |           1.287 |
|       20 | Odisha                      |                            32.64 |          19.584 |
|       21 | Punjab                      |                             7.77 |           4.662 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                   |                            94.68 |          56.808 |
|       23 | Sikkim                      |                             0.26 |           0.234 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                  |                            49.89 |          29.934 |
|       25 | Telangana                   |                            30.42 |          18.252 |
|       26 | Tripura                     |                             3.89 |           3.501 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh               |                           210.15 |         126.09  |
|       28 | Uttarakhand                 |                            11.64 |          10.476 |
|       29 | West Bengal                 |                           112.04 |          67.224 |
|       30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                             0.09 |           0.09  |
|       31 | Chandigarh                  |                             0.01 |           0.01  |
|       32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                             0.11 |           0.11  |
|       33 | Daman & Diu                 |                             0.1  |           0.1   |
|       34 | Delhi                       |                             0.1  |           0.1   |
|       35 | Lakshadweep                 |                             0.1  |           0.1   |
|       36 | Puducherry                  |                             0.2  |           0.2   |