Executive Summary:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare addresses a question regarding the expansion of the AgriStack Digital Platform to Rajasthan. The Digital Agriculture Mission, approved in September 2024, aims to establish a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) including AgriStack to provide real-time, farmer-centric digital solutions. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with 30 States/UTs, including Rajasthan, for DPI implementation.
Key Points / Main Content:
Digital Agriculture Mission and AgriStack:
* The Digital Agriculture Mission was approved in September 2024.
* It aims to create a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture, including AgriStack, Krishi Decision Support System, and a Soil Fertility Profile Map.
* AgriStack DPI includes Geo Referenced Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry, and the Farmers Registry, all maintained by States/UTs.
Implementation and Data:
* MoU signed with 30 States/UTs, including Rajasthan, for DPI implementation.
* No private entities are currently involved in AgriStack development.
* As of 14.08.2025, 78,37,621 Farmer IDs have been generated in Rajasthan, with 2,67,353 farmers enrolled.
* Digital Crop Survey undertaken in 33 districts of Rajasthan in Rabi 2024-25, covering over 4.5 Crore plots, including 4,77,670 in Churu District.
* Ownership of data in the Farmer Registry lies with the respective States.
Data Security and Privacy:
* AgriStack complies with the Information Technology Act, 2000, and cybersecurity guidelines from MeitY, UIDAI, and CERT-In.
* Farmer information is encrypted, and data exchange is governed by secure APIs and token-based authentication.
* Regular security audits are conducted.
* Farmer data can only be shared with explicit consent via a consent manager framework.
Support and Assistance:
* The government provides administrative and technical support to States for AgriStack implementation, including training, software, human resources support, and cloud infrastructure.
* The Department of Expenditure (DoE) has announced a Scheme for Special Central Assistance (SCA) to States for Capital Investment during 2025-26 with a total allocation of Rupees 6000 Crores.
* Financial assistance of Rs. 15,000 per camp is provisioned to encourage States to organize field-level camps.
* Rs. 10 per Farmer ID is provisioned from the PM KISAN Scheme’s administrative fund to incentivize field functionaries involved in creating the Farmers Registry.
Impact Analysis:
State Governments/Union Territories:
* Impact: Responsible for creating and maintaining Geo Referenced Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry, and Farmers Registry. They can design solutions that open access for farmers to the digital economy.
* Action Required: Implement the Digital Public Infrastructure, including Farmer ID generation and Digital Crop Survey.
Farmers:
* Impact: Can digitally identify themselves to access benefits and services such as credit, insurance, and procurement. They can potentially engage in online purchase and sale of inputs and produce.
* Action Required: Enroll for Farmer ID Registration and participate in the Digital Crop Survey. Provide consent for data sharing.
Government of India:
* Impact: Oversees the Digital Agriculture Mission, provides technical and financial support, and ensures data security and compliance.
* Action Required: Continue providing administrative and technical support to States/UTs. Conduct regular security audits of IT systems.
Field Functionaries:
* Impact: Involved in the creation and verification of the Farmers Registry.
* Action Required: Facilitate the creation of the Farmers Registry.
Key Entities Referenced
AgriStack Digital Platform: A digital platform for agriculture aimed at linking farmers with real-time data, advisory, seed, and input supplies. It is part of the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture.
Rajasthan: A state in India where the AgriStack Digital Platform is planned to be expanded, with pilot districts like Churu.
Churu District: A district in Rajasthan, mentioned as a specific location for the expansion of the AgriStack Digital Platform.
Digital Agriculture Mission: A government mission approved in September 2024 that envisages the creation of a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture, including AgriStack.
Farmers Registry: A foundational registry or database associated with the agriculture sector, containing data on farmers' demographic details, land holdings, and crops sown.
Digital Crop Survey DCS System: A system that provides accurate, real-time crop area information for every agricultural plot, enabling the Crop Sown Registry.
Information Technology Act, 2000: An act of the Parliament of India that provides legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as electronic commerce.
PM KISAN Scheme: A scheme providing financial assistance to farmers, with provisions to utilize administrative funds for the creation and verification of the Farmers Registry.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4256
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19TH AUGUST, 2025
AGRISTACK DIGITAL PLATFORM IN RAJASTHAN
4256. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण मं(cid:287)ी
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government plans to expand its AgriStack Digital Platform to Rajasthan
districts such as Churu, linking farmers with real-time data, advisory, seed and input
supplies;
(b) if so, the list of pilot districts and partners (e.g. Jio, Cisco, ITC, Ninjakart) involved;
(c) whether the platform includes provisions to ensure data privacy, farmer consent and
State-level collaboration;
(d) whether any training or infrastructure support has been provided to farmers to use the
platform;
(e) whether any real-time benefits like price insights, procurement links, or input alerts
have been reported; and
(f) if so, the impact and rollout plan for 2025–26?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)य म(cid:287)ं ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)
(a) to (f): 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, and a comprehensive
Soil Fertility & Profile Map to enable a robust digital agriculture ecosystem in the country
which drives innovative farmer-centric digital solutions and makes reliable crop-related
information available to all farmers in real time. The AgriStack DPI consists of three
foundational registries or databases associated with the agriculture sector, i.e., Geo-
Referenced Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry and the Farmers Registry, all created and
maintained by the State Governments/ Union Territories. At present, a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) has been signed with 30 States/UTs for the creation andimplementation of the Digital Public Infrastructure, including the State of Rajasthan. At
present, no private entities have been involved in the development of AgriStack.
Farmer Registry provides comprehensive and useful data on farmers' demographic
details, land holdings, and crops sown, enabling farmers to digitally identify and
authenticate themselves for accessing benefits and services such as credit, insurance,
procurement, etc. It also enables states to design solutions that open access for farmers
to the digital economy, such as the Purchase and sale of Inputs and produce online in a
trustful manner. The Crop Sown Registry enabled by the Digital Crop Survey (DCS)
System provides accurate, real-time crop area information for every agricultural plot.
As of 14.08.2025, a total of 78,37,621 Farmer IDs have been generated in the
state of Rajasthan, with 2,67,353 farmers enrolled for Farmer ID Registration. Likewise,
the Digital Crop Survey has been undertaken in 33 Districts of Rajasthan in Rabi 2024-25
in more than 4.5 Crore plots, including 4,77,670 plots in the Churu District.
The ownership of the data in Farmer Registry lies with the respective States. Apart
from this, the Government of India also ensures strong data security in AgriStack, which
is fully compliant with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and various other
cybersecurity guidelines of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY), Unique Identification Authority of India, Indian Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT-In). AgriStack keeps farmer information encrypted so that only designated
systems can read it. Secure Application Programming Interface (APIs) and token-based
authentication govern all data exchange, ensuring controlled access to data. Moreover,
the government conducts regular security audits of all the IT systems to protect the data
stored in these IT systems. Further, the farmer’s data from Agristack can only be shared
with the explicit consent of the concerned farmer via the consent manager framework in
AgriStack.
The government provides administrative and technical support to all the States for
the implementation of AgriStack, to facilitate farmers in generating their Farmer IDs and
conducting digital Crop Survey, such as:.
i. Providing training to the State officials.
ii. Software for Farmer ID and Digital Crop Survey.
iii. Support for hiring human resources for creating a Project Monitoring Unit.
iv. Providing Cloud Infrastructure for implementing the project.v. The Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, has announced a
Scheme for Special Central Assistance (SCA) to States for Capital Investment
during 2025-26 with a total allocation of Rupees 6000 Crores.
vi. 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.
vii. To accelerate the creation and verification of Farmers’ Registry, Rs. 10/- per
Farmer ID has been provisioned from the administrative fund of the PM KISAN
Scheme. This amount will be utilized to provide an honorarium to the field
functionaries involved in the creation of the Farmers’ Registry.
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