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New Delhi : The Ministry of Agriculture& Farmers Welfare, Government of India, is in the process of creating unique ID of farmers of the country. The unique identifier of a farmer will link his profile with all the agricultural schemes, which have been availed by him.
Some of the benefits to the farmers are:
- Provisioning Farmer’s verification through e- Know Your Farmer (e-KYF) which would eliminate the need of re-submitting physical documents to different departments for availing benefit(s) under different schemes.
- Access to field based & customised advisories.
- Ease of accessing the damage to crops due to extreme weather condition.
As on December 9, 2021, the database of farmers registered under PM-KISAN includes 11.64 Crore farmers including the state of Tamil Nadu wherein, 47.82 lakh farmers have been registered.
This information was given by Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha on December 14, 2021, according to a PIB release.