March 29, 2024

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Focus on creating farmer database; allow linkages to land records, Tomar tells States

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday requested Condition governments to aim on generating a database of their respective States applying the federated farmer database currently being well prepared by the Centre and enable linkage to Condition land report database.

Talking at the Main Ministers meeting virtually, he said that Ministry has created a database of 5.5 crore farmers and this will be elevated to 8 crore farmers by December, with the assist of States.

Nationwide farmer database

A national farmer database is currently being created getting information from current strategies such as PM-KISAN, soil overall health card and PM FasalBimaYojana and aims to have connectivity to Condition land documents database.

He emphasised that the Centre and Condition governments have to get the job done with each other for agriculture to give a raise to the financial system.

The Agriculture Minister also said that with the establishment of Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, FPOs, PACS, Mandis and start out-ups will get financial loans easily. Chatting about the Oil Palm Mission, he additional that India Council of Agricultural Study has conducted a examine on the regions the place oil palm cultivation can be expanded.

The Pradhan MantriKisanSammanNidhi and the saturation of Kisan Credit history Card for tiny and marginal farmers was also reviewed. Upgradation of the beneficiary database was emphasised. There was also a discussion on exports of agriculture goods and the job of APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Foodstuff Merchandise Export Advancement Authority) in raising agriculture exports. APEDA will aid cluster-centric capability building workout for Condition officials, FPOs, farmers, start out-ups etcetera, the formal statement additional. In the meantime, Union Minister forCommerce and Business, Foodstuff, Community Distribution and Buyer Affairs and Textiles, PiyushGoyal said in his handle that with an enhance in agriculture exports, India is rising as a trusted export companion and there is even more scope for improvement of agri-exports.

Goyal emphasised that the infrastructure desires to be strengthened for storage and warehousing.

Two-day meeting

The initial day of the two-day meeting saw the participation of Main Ministers and Agriculture Ministers of States such as Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Goa, the formal statement additional.