THE STATE government on Saturday constituted committees at four levels to implement the ‘Agri Stack’ scheme run by the Centre for the inspection of crops in Uttar Pradesh. The main steering committee will be headed by UP Chief Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra himself while the state, district, and tehsil level committees have also been formed as implementation committees, which will work to implement the Agri Stack scheme at different levels. The decision to implement the Agri Stack scheme in the country was taken by the Centre “as a step forward in creating the Unified Farmers Portal”. “Agri Stack aims to provide an easy digital way for farmers to ensure affordable credit for their crop needs, access to high-quality agri-inputs, and access to markets, including specialised advisories. It will also work to provide proper benefits of the schemes by the governments to the farmers, and in this episode, the database prepared by the e-Padtal survey will play an important role,” said a statement issued by the UP government. “The steering committee will keep an eye on the functioning of all these committees and also ensure that no stone is left unturned in the proper implementation of the Agri Stack scheme in the state,” said a government spokesperson. He said the preparation for the e-Padtal survey has started in the state, which is proposed to be implemented under the Agri Stack scheme. “For this, data from 31,002 Lekhpal areas and 35983 e-investigation clusters falling under 350 tehsils in 75 districts of the state will be included,” said the spokesperson. “A 15-member state-level steering committee has been constituted to implement the Agri Stack scheme in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from inspection, this committee will be able to take necessary administrative and financial decisions from time to time for the implementation of the scheme,” said the statement. The government said that in coordination with several departments, this committee would take various financial and administrative policy decisions.
