The database will also help ensure direct benefit transfer (DBT) in the bank accounts of authentic farmers.NEW DELHI: The Centre plans to digitise all its farm-oriented schemes and ensure farmers are paid procurement prices directly, by launching an Aadhaar-based database that will also map landholdings of beneficiaries, said officials. In the first phase, the database will have details of 50 million farmers across nine states, they said.
“The database, to be completed by June 30, will have satellite imaging of individual farm land so that farmers may be provided advisories based on the kind of land they possess and the crop they grow,” said Vivek Agarwal, joint secretary of newly created Digital Agriculture Division.
Agarwal, also the CEO of PM-Kisan scheme, said the database may be shared with farm technology companies for developing innovative solutions to increase productivity. The database will also help ensure direct benefit transfer (DBT) in the bank accounts of authentic farmers.
Source: indiatimes.com
