Parliament Question: Salient Features of Digital Agriculture Mission

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 10th FEBRAURY, 2026 SALIENT FEATURES OF DIGITAL AGRICULTURE MISSION 1681. SHRI MALAIYARASAN D: Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण म(cid:287)ं ी 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(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)य म(cid:287)ं ी (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, allcreated 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 Allocated Fund Sr.no. Name of State/UT Central Share (Rs. in Crores) 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 Andaman and 30 0.09 0.09 Nicobar Islands 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 *****