NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indian government Tuesday said it will soon develop a comprehensive data bank of farmers across the country.
According to the federal ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare, the database would be helpful in better planning and smooth implementation of schemes related to agriculture.
"The department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare has constituted a task force to develop a comprehensive farmers' database for better planning, monitoring, strategy formulation and smooth implementation of schemes for the entire country," federal agriculture and farmers welfare minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in parliament.
According to Tomar, the centralised farmers' database shall be useful for various activities like issuing soil health cards, dissemination of crop advisories to the farmers, precision farming, smart cards for farmers to facilitate e-governance, crop insurance, settlement of compensation claims, grant of agricultural subsidies etc.
So far, the Indian government has not created any centralised farmers database in the country.
Agriculture has suffered a huge set back in recent years in India due to unfavourable weather conditions, including drought and flooding.
With Indian farming in crisis, people associated with it are forced to look for other means of livelihood.
