This recognition reaffirms state’s strong compliance with national standards, timely achievement of coverage milestones, and effective execution at scale, reinforcing the State’s leadership in adopting data-driven, farmer-centric digital reforms, said officials from the Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment on Friday.
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In a significant push for Odisha in its digital agriculture journey, the Centre has formally assessed and approved the state’s proposals under the Special Central Assistance (SCA).
The centre has declared the state eligible for incentives for both components of AgriStack – a Digital Public Infrastructure initiative for Agriculture, with Rs 55.48 crore for achieving the first milestone of the Farmers’ Registry and Rs 100 crore for successful implementation of the Digital Crop Survey (DCS).
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This recognition reaffirms state’s strong compliance with national standards, timely achievement of coverage milestones, and effective execution at scale, reinforcing the State’s leadership in adopting data-driven, farmer-centric digital reforms, said officials from the Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment on Friday.
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The Farmer Registry (FR) provides an authenticated, verified database of farmers, enabling accurate beneficiary identification for schemes such as PM-KISAN, CM Kisan, crop insurance, etc.
The Digital Crop Survey offers geo-referenced plot-wise crop sown information, helping the state prepare realistic area and production estimates, procurement plans and other scheme delivery to targeted farmers.
Together, the FR and DCS answer who the farmer is, where the land is, and what crop is grown, forming the backbone for scheme delivery.
“This is a proud moment, reflecting Odisha’s vision of making agriculture more transparent, efficient, and prosperous,” said Deputy Chief Minister, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.
He has urged the department to leverage these tools to script a new chapter of growth and sustainability in Odisha’s agrarian economy. He has congratulated the team in the Agriculture Department, all technical personnel involved in the initiative, and the farmers of Odisha on this historic achievement.
Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Arabinda Kumar Padhee said the AgriStack approval will revolutionize data-driven farming, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and prosperity.
“Odisha is poised to script a new chapter of growth with these digital tools. Since Agriculture is central to livelihoods, procurement, and input distribution in Odisha, both FR and DCS would play a critical role in shifting from estimate-based planning to verified, plot-level, evidence-based decision-making across production, procurement, and markets,” Padhee further said.
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