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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that over 12 lakh farmers in Assam have been enrolled under AgriStack, the Centre's digital agriculture initiative creating a Farmers' Registry with unique Farmer IDs linked to Aadhaar. The scheme aims to build a comprehensive digital public infrastructure for agriculture, enabling targeted delivery of subsidies, credit, and government schemes. Assam is among the early-adopter states actively pushing farmer database digitisation under the Digital Agriculture Mission 2021–2026.
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AgriStack is India's agricultural digital public infrastructure (DPI) stack, conceptualised under the Digital Agriculture Mission and operationalised through three core registries: the Farmers' Registry (unique Farmer IDs), the Geo-referenced Village Maps Registry, and the Crop Sown Registry. Together, these registries form a federated data layer that allows seamless, verifiable delivery of benefits — from PM-KISAN instalments to Kisan Credit Card (KCC) disbursements — without duplication or ghost beneficiaries.
For NABARD Grade A aspirants, AgriStack is significant because it directly intersects with NABARD's mandate: financial inclusion, agricultural credit flow, and last-mile delivery. Once a farmer has a verified Farmer ID linked to land records and Aadhaar, banks and cooperative credit societies can underwrite KCC loans faster, reducing turnaround time and NPA risk. NABARD's Annual Report consistently highlights technology-driven credit delivery as a priority.
Assam's 12 lakh enrollments represent an early-mover advantage in the northeastern region, where land records digitisation has historically lagged due to fragmented tenancy systems and lack of Jamabandi standardisation. This progress is also relevant to NABARD's Special Focus State approach for the Northeast. The broader national target is to cover all 14 crore farm households under Farmer IDs, making AgriStack one of the most ambitious DPI projects after Aadhaar and UPI, with direct implications for agri-credit, crop insurance (PMFBY), and input subsidy targeting.
For NABARD Grade A aspirants, AgriStack is significant because it directly intersects with NABARD's mandate: financial inclusion, agricultural credit flow, and last-mile delivery. Once a farmer has a verified Farmer ID linked to land records and Aadhaar, banks and cooperative credit societies can underwrite KCC loans faster, reducing turnaround time and NPA risk. NABARD's Annual Report consistently highlights technology-driven credit delivery as a priority.
Assam's 12 lakh enrollments represent an early-mover advantage in the northeastern region, where land records digitisation has historically lagged due to fragmented tenancy systems and lack of Jamabandi standardisation. This progress is also relevant to NABARD's Special Focus State approach for the Northeast. The broader national target is to cover all 14 crore farm households under Farmer IDs, making AgriStack one of the most ambitious DPI projects after Aadhaar and UPI, with direct implications for agri-credit, crop insurance (PMFBY), and input subsidy targeting.
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