News- In the Budget Speech on February 1, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Bharat-VISTAAR to integrate AgriStack portals with AI systems.
About AgriStack
- AgriStack is a Digital Public Infrastructure for the farm sector under the Digital Agriculture Mission.
- Initiative by: AgriStack is an initiative under the Digital Agriculture Mission and was approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2024.
- Objective: The objective of AgriStack is to enhance farm productivity, enable better decisions for farmers, and reduce risk by providing customised advisory support.
- Key Features
- AgriStack is built on three foundational registries: the Farmer Registry, the Crop Sown Registry, and Geo-referenced Village Maps, created by State Governments or Union Territories.
- Under the Farmer Registry, farmers are given a unique digital identity linked with land records, livestock ownership, crops sown, and schemes and benefits availed.
- The Crop Sown Registry records details of crops planted by farmers through mobile-based Digital Crop Surveys conducted each season.
- The Geo-referenced Village Map Registry contains geographic information of land records linked with their exact locations.
About Bharat-VISTAAR
- Bharat-VISTAAR (Virtually Integrated System to Access Agricultural Resources) is an AI-driven, multilingual digital platform designed to transform Indian agriculture.
- It is proposed in the Union Budget 2026–27,
- It integrates AgriStack data with ICAR scientific practices to provide real-time, personalized advisories on farming, pests, and markets.
- It focuses on precision farming and enhancing farmer income.
