No landless farmers in new database

Source: The Hindu

What is the News?

The Government of India has announced plans to set up a National Farmer’s Database.

About National Farmers Database:

• Government of India aims to create a National Farmer’s Database using digitized land records to offer proactive and personalised services to farmers.
• The database will initially only include land owning farmers. The landless and tenant farmers will be excluded from the database.
• The database can be used by the Government for targeted service delivery with higher efficiency and in a focussed and time-bound manner.
• It will also be used to offer personalised services to farmers such as direct benefit transfer, soil and plant health advisories, weather advisories, irrigation facilities, market access information among others.
• The National Farmer’s database would serve as the core of the Agristack.

About Agristack:

• AgriStack is a proposed collection of technologies and digital databases focusing on farmers and the agricultural sector.
• The database will create a unified platform for farmers to provide them end-to-end services across the agriculture food value chain.
• Under the program, each farmer will have a unique digital identification (farmers’ ID) which will be linked to their Aadhaar number.
• Data to be collected by AgriStack may include personal details, the profile of land held, production details, and financial details.