Kisan Pehchaan Patra: Centre instructs states to make digital farmer IDs faster

indian express
2024.12.02

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) has asked the states to organise camps to ensure a faster generation of Farmer ID. Known as Kisan Pehchaan Patra or Farmer ID is an Aadhaar-linked unique digital identity that is linked dynamically to the state’s land records, besides having information like demographic, crops sown and ownership details.

The database created through the Farmer ID will be known as Farmer’ registry — one of the three registries under Agri Stack component of the Centre’s Digital Agriculture Mission for creation of digital public infrastructure in the farm sector, which was approved by the Union Cabinet earlier this year.

The government aims to create digital identities for 11 crore farmers, out of which 6 crore farmers will be covered in financial year 2024-25, three crore in financial year 2025-26, and two crore farmers in 2026-27. This is why the Centre has now asked states to adopt a camp-mode approach to provide the Farmer ID. On November 28, the Agriculture Ministry sent a communication to the states in this regard.

Read more here.

Comment

You may also like

2022.11.23
254
ABSTRACT Climate change has affected the entire world. Without exception, the impacts of climate change are becoming evident across the Korean peninsula. In order to mitigate the impacts and damage caused by climate change, in particular, the Korean agricultural sector is required to play a more...
2017.05.09
3,510
INTRODUCTION Performance of the food and agriculture is influenced by external shocks such as natural disasters (drought and flood), climate change, economic and financial crises, and socio-cultural disturbances.   International evidence shows that both intensity and frequency of the...
2018.10.18
1,146
ABSTRACTIdentification of the post-harvest activities in rice farmers has been the focus of continuing study by agricultural economists. The intensification of rice production in Myanmar, especially in the Pyar Pon Township, Pyar Pon District, has led to many problems in the post-harvest phase,...