Gujarat Registers Over 63.35 Lakh Farmers on Digital Farmer Registry Under Digital Agriculture Mission

Key facts

• More than 63.35 lakh farmers in Gujarat have been registered under the state's Farmer Registry, which is being implemented under the Centre's Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM) to create a single digital identity for farmers and simplify their access to government agricultural schemes and services.
• The Farmer Registry links a farmer's Aadhaar-based identity with land records, enabling eligible farmers to obtain a Unique Farmer ID that is expected to reduce repeated submission and verification of personal and land-related documents while improving beneficiary identification and verification.
• The registry is expected to facilitate beneficiary identification and verification for programmes including PM-KISAN, government procurement under the Price Support Scheme/Minimum Support Price, Kisan Credit Card, agricultural credit, and various subsidy and farm assistance programmes.
• Farmers can register online through the Gujarat Farmer Registry portal with Aadhaar authentication and verification of farmer and land details, or through village-level Panchayat offices, VCEs, Gram Sevaks and Common Service Centres; once verified, a Unique Farmer ID linked to land records is generated, and missed land survey numbers can be updated through the Update Farmer Request (UFR) facility.
• Dr Jayanti S Ravi, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue Department, stated in an official release that Gujarat is continuing the process of registration and integration of farmers' land records into the digital system.
• Gujarat's Agriculture Minister Jitubhai Vaghani stated that once registered and approved, a farmer's identity and land records are digitally integrated into a trusted digital profile, reducing duplication in accessing government schemes through a common digital identity.