National Database of Farmers created with records of 5.5 cr. farmers

The Centre has created a National Farmers’ Database with records of 5.5 crore farmers
The national database was created by taking data from existing national schemes such as PMKISAN, soil health cards and the insurance scheme PM Fasal Bima Yojna.
It will be increased to 8 crore farmers by December by linking it to State land record databases.
The database could be used “for targeted service delivery with higher efficiency and in a focussed and time bound manner”
It is the core for the proposed Agristack digital agriculture ecosystem.
Companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Patanjali has been asked to develop technology solutions for farmers using data from the database.