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Recently the Modi cabinet has approved seven major agriculture projects costing Rs. 13,966 crore. The farmers of the country and the BJP Kisan Morcha expressed their heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Modi for this historic decision. PM Shri Modi has a great resolve to give a new direction to the lives of farmers and due to which a new era has begun in the Indian agriculture sector
Rajkumar Chahar
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made a big announcement to change the lives of millions of farmers in a revolutionary way. Recently the Modi cabinet has approved seven major agriculture projects costing Rs. 13,966 crore. on it the farmers of the country and the BJP Kisan Morcha expressed their heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister for this historic decision. PM Shri Modi has a great resolve to give a new direction to the lives of farmers and due to which a new era has begun in the Indian agriculture sector.
Under the visionary leadership of PM Shri Narendra Modi, the NDA government has also launched a Rs 2,817 crore- Digital Agriculture Mission based on successful pilot projects. This mission will create a digital infrastructure for agriculture, which will take the lives of farmers to new technological heights.
Seven major agriculture projects
The cabinet has taken several such important decisions to increase the income of farmers and bring stability in the agriculture sector. The first of these is the Digital
Under the visionary leadership of PM Shri Narendra Modi, the NDA government has also launched a Rs 2,817 crore- Digital Agriculture Mission based on successful pilot projects. This mission will create a digital infrastructure for agriculture
Agriculture Mission, which will use modern technologies like AI, Big Data and Remote Sensing.
Apart from this, a program based on 6 major pillars will be launched at a cost of Rs 3,979 crore for food and nutrition security. This will promote the climate-sensitive crop science till 2047.
As per government announcements, another Rs 2,291 crore will be made available through the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for modernisation of agricultural education, including digital infrastructure and curriculum reforms as per the New Education Policy 2020.
Similarly, Rs 1,702 crore has been sanctioned for livestock health and production, Rs 860 crore for development of horticulture, Rs 1,115 crore and Rs 1,202 crore for natural resource management and agricultural science centers respectively.
Digital revolution will change the agriculture scenario
Cabinet’s approval of the Digital Agriculture Mission is a also historic decision. The mission aims to take Indian agriculture into the digital age and provide better services to farmers through cutting-edge technologies.
The Digital Agriculture Mission has been designed with a comprehensive approach that includes creation of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), implementation of
Digital Crop Estimate Survey (DGCES), and adoption of other IT initiatives by the Central and State Governments. Three major DPIs— AgriStack, Agriculture Decision Support System, and Soil Profile Mapping—will be created under the mission to provide reliable information in the agriculture sector while making services accessible and faster for farmers.
Farmers will get ‘Kisan ID’
An important aspect of the Digital Agriculture Mission is ‘AgriStack’, which will provide farmers with a digital identity; just like Aadhaar, which will be known as ‘Kisan ID’. This identity card will be linked to the state’s land records, livestock ownership, crops sown, and other demographic details. The system aims to deliver the benefits of schemes and services to farmers directly and efficiently. The target is to create digital identities for 11 crore farmers. This includes creating identity cards for six crore farmers in FY 2024-25, three crore farmers in FY 2025-26 and two crore farmers in FY 2026-27.
Digital crop survey will give an accurate estimate
Under the Digital Crop Survey (DGCES), accurate yield estimates will be made based on scientifically designed crop-cutting experiments. This initiative will play a vital
An important aspect of the Digital Agriculture Mission is ‘AgriStack’, which will provide farmers with a digital identity; just like Aadhaar, which will be known as ‘Kisan ID’. This identity card will be linked to the state’s land records, livestock ownership, crops sown, and other demographic details
role in predicting agricultural production, benefiting both the government and the farmer. The programme has already been implemented as a pilot project in 11 states, and is planned to be rolled out across the country in the next two years.
Soil profile mapping of the land will increase the yield
Under the mission, detailed soil profile maps will be prepared for about 142 million hectares of agricultural land in the country. This system will provide farmers with accurate information about the soil of their land, which will help them select the right crop and fertilizers. This is expected to significantly increase agricultural yields.
Under the Digital Agriculture Mission, not only farmers will be benefited, but this mission will also provide new employment opportunities directly and indirectly.
About 2.5 lakh local youth and Krishi Sakhis will be trained for digital crop surveys and ground data collection for remote sensing, which will provide them employment.
The Digital Agriculture Mission aims to make the service delivery mechanism more efficient and transparent for farmers and stakeholders of the agriculture sector. Various components of the mission will be implemented at the ground level, which will ultimately benefit the farmers. Through this mission, India’s agriculture sector will enter a new era, where digital technologies will play a vital role in increasing the income of farmers and improving their standard of living.
Since the inception of NDA government, PM Shri Narendra Modi has been trying his best to double the income of farmers by introducing new cutting-edge technologies in the agriculture sector. However, the recent historic announcements of Seven major agriculture projects and Digital Agriculture Mission will surely bring revolutionary changes in the lives of farmers in the country.
(The writer is BJP National Kisan Morch President)