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AgriStack Under Digital Agriculture Mission
The Finance Minister unveiled an AI-driven advisory and roadmap for AgriStack, positioning it as the “next UPI” for farmers. The initiative strengthens digital public infrastructure for agriculture through interoperable and consent-based data systems.
AgriStack – Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture
| Dimension | Key Details |
|---|---|
| Nature | Centralised Digital Public Infrastructure platform for the agriculture sector |
| Parent Scheme | Sub-component of the Digital Agriculture Mission |
| Launch Year | 2024 |
| Nodal Ministry | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Architecture Standard | Built on InDEA 2.0 standards for interoperability and security |
| Farmer ID Target | Generate 11 crore Farmer IDs by 2026–27 |
| Farmer & Farmland Registry | Assigns unique Farmer ID linked to land records, crops, livestock and benefits availed |
| Unified Farmer Service Interface | Provides federated interface with standardised schema and APIs for secure data access |
| Crop Sown Registry | Records crops sown each season using smartphone, drone and satellite-based surveys |
| Consent Manager | Enables farmers to give, manage or revoke consent for data usage |
| AgriStack Sandbox | Provides safe space for startups to test applications using AgriStack data |
| Bharat-VISTAAR | Multilingual AI advisory system linked to ICAR practices serving as intelligence layer |
| Crop Registry Target | Cover 30 crore farm plots by Kharif 2026 |
| Village Geo-referencing | Geo-referencing of 6.75 lakh villages by March 2027 |