Agri Ministry holds national conference on implementing DPI

“It was a crucial platform for addressing technical and administrative reforms required to implement the Farmer Registry, avail the Special Central Assistance (SCA) Scheme funds and synergise national effort with state-level implementations,” it said.

Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi presented an overview of the Digital Agriculture Mission and the SCA scheme, highlighting the government’s vision to revolutionise agriculture through technology enablement. This was followed by a presentation by Department of Land Resources Secretary Manoj Joshi, discussing the synergy between land reforms, Farmers’ Registry and the role of states in implementing these reforms.

“The unveiling of the Guidelines of Digital Agriculture Mission and SCA for Farmer Registry implementation and the Farmer Registry Handbook marked a significant milestone for the sustainability of digital agriculture initiatives, signalling a commitment by the Government of India to provide technical and financial support to the States,” the statement said.

In the first session of the conference, Dr Pramod Kumar Meherda, Additional Secretary (Digital), Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare gave an “insightful” presentation on implementing DPI and the SCA scheme funds to states on Farmer Registry implementation. Varsha Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, spoke about implementing Live Stack (DPI for livestock and animal husbandry sector), while Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Do Fisheries) provided a vision for Aqua Stack (DPI for the fisheries sector) and integrated digital solutions in fisheries, it said.