Pariksha Saathi11 crore Farmer IDs created under the Digital Agriculture Mission, five months ahead of the 31 March 2027 deadline
The Government met its target of creating 11 crore Farmer IDs by the night of 23 October 2026, five months ahead of the 31 March 2027 deadline set by the Prime Minister, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on 24 October 2026. The target was met under the Digital Agriculture Mission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, which the Union Cabinet approved on 2 September 2024. A Farmer ID gives each farmer a unique digital identity, which is expected to make access to schemes, bank loans and the Kisan Credit Card, compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, disaster relief and procurement at Minimum Support Price easier, with less need to submit the same documents again and again. More than 6 crore farmers have so far received benefits under various schemes through Farmer ID-based delivery, and States and Union Territories are taking steps to bring tenant farmers and actual cultivators onto the platform.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
The Union Cabinet approved the Digital Agriculture Mission on 2 September 2024 with an outlay of ₹2,817 crore, including a central share of ₹1,940 crore. It builds three Digital Public Infrastructures - AgriStack, the Krishi Decision Support System and Soil Profile Mapping - and AgriStack rests on three registries kept by the States and Union Territories: the Farmers' Registry, geo-referenced village maps and the Crop Sown Registry. Under AgriStack each farmer gets a Farmer ID, a digital identity similar to Aadhaar.
Check yourself: what is the Digital Agriculture Mission's outlay, and which three registries make up AgriStack?
₹2,817 crore, including a central share of ₹1,940 crore; the Farmers' Registry, geo-referenced village maps and the Crop Sown Registry.
Revision task: from this release, note the number of Farmer IDs, the date the target was met, the original deadline, the services a Farmer ID eases and the number of farmers already benefited; from the note, the mission's approval date, outlay, three DPIs and AgriStack's three registries.
Test yourself
How many Farmer IDs had the Government created under the Digital Agriculture Mission by 23 October 2026, meeting its target five months ahead of schedule?
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Answer: 11 crore
The target of 11 crore Farmer IDs was met by the night of 23 October 2026, five months ahead of the 31 March 2027 deadline. More than 6 crore farmers have already received scheme benefits through Farmer ID-based delivery.
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