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Launch of Rs 2800 crore Digital Agri Mission part of govt’s agenda for first 100 days

Launch of Rs 2800 crore Digital Agri Mission part of govt’s agenda for first 100 days

  • Centre is set to announce big ticket initiatives as part of its first 100-day agenda, which include a Rs 2,800 crore Digital Agriculture Mission.

Highlights:

  • Digital Agriculture Mission will pave the way for creation of a nationwide farmers registry, crop sown registry, and georeferencing of village maps.
  • A budgetary allocation of Rs 2800 crore has been made for the mission and it will be rolled out over the next two years (till 2025-26).
  • Meanwhile, the Agriculture ministry started various pilot projects and activities across several states, which are part of the mission.
  • One of the components of the mission is to create a farmers registry, in which every farmer will be given a unique ID.
    • In some of the states, generation of farmer unique ID has already begun.
  • The unique farmer ID will allow launch of new value-added services and farmers will be able to avail various government schemes including PM-Kisan and Fasal Bima Yojana through this ID.
  • It will also enable them to avail financial services like farm loans and insurance.
  • The mission also envisages a crop sown registry. This will have a record of crops sown by a farmer on his land. It will help better planning and estimation of crop production.
  • Last year, the Centre had asked the States and Union Territories (UTs) to automate/ digitise the process of area enumeration/girdawari of crops at field level by adopting Digital Crop Survey from July 2024.

Prelims Takeaway

  • Digital Agriculture Mission
  • Digital Crop Survey

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