Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar mentioned on Monday that the Center has created a database of 5.5 crore farmers, which will likely be elevated to eight crore by December this 12 months.
Addressing the Chief Ministers’ Conference on Initiatives and Schemes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) by way of video conferencing, Tomar requested the states to create their very own database utilizing the federated farmer database ready by the Center and permit linkage. requested for To convey land report knowledge.
“The concept of farmers’ database explained. A national farmer database is being created by taking data from existing schemes like PM-KISAN, Soil Health Card and PM Fasal Bima Yojana,” the ministry mentioned in a press release. The states had been additionally requested to check the Karnataka mannequin introduced through the convention.
On the opening day of the two-day convention, CMs of a couple of dozen states attended the assembly.
Union Minister of Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Piyush Goyal, Union Ministers of State Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey and Additional Secretary, MOAFW Vivek Agarwal had been additionally current within the assembly.
“The objective of the conference was to highlight the salient features of self-reliant agriculture and enable the states to increase the income of farmers. It was also an opportunity to share the innovative initiatives taken by the states,” the assertion mentioned. “Discussions with states centered across the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund set as much as drive infrastructure funding. The latest amendments to the scheme had been defined – eligibility has been prolonged to National and State Federations of APMS/ State Agencies/ Co-operative Societies/ FPOs and SHGs.
“The have to make India self-reliant in edible oils and palm (oil) was harassed and the position of the states was mentioned. Use of rising know-how for digital agriculture and good agriculture was additionally mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
