Digital Agriculture Mission

The Government has approved the Digital Agriculture Mission in September 2024

Objective

• Build Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Agriculture to support a robust digital ecosystem and timely, reliable crop-related information for farmers.

Key Components

1. AgriStack DPI (Three Foundational Registries)

• Geo-Referenced Village Maps

• Crop Sown Registry

• Farmer Registry:

• Demographics, landholding, crops sown.

• Enables farmer authentication for schemes like credit, insurance, procurement.

• Facilitates online purchase/sale of inputs & produce.

2. Digital Crop Survey (DCS)

   • Real-time, plot-level crop area data.

3. Krishi Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS)

   • Integrates geospatial + non-geospatial data (satellite, weather, soil, crop, reservoir, groundwater, scheme info).

   • Outputs: crop maps, soil maps, yield models, drought/flood monitoring.

4. Soil Fertility & Profile Mapping

   • Led by SLUSI Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI)

   • Village-level soil inventory (1:10,000 scale) using high-res satellite & ground data.

   • Standardized soil maps for rational land use & sustainable agriculture.

Supporting Scheme: Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)

• Launch: 2015–16; Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

• Focus: Enhance water-use efficiency via micro irrigation (drip, sprinkler).

• Benefits: Water & fertilizer saving (fertigation), reduced labour & input cost, higher farmer income.

• Subsidy:

  • 55% for small/marginal farmers.

  • 45% for other farmers.

  • Top-up subsidy possible from State Budget.

• Limit: 5 hectares per beneficiary.