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J&K Chief Secretary Pushes Full AgriStack Coverage For Farmers

J&K Chief Secretary Pushes Full AgriStack Coverage For Farmers
J&K: CS asks DCs to ensure 100 pc AgriStack coverage for eligible farmers · thehansindia.com

Jammu and Kashmir is putting farmers’ land information into digital records.

Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo told district officials to make sure no eligible farmer is missed.

The administration has digitised land records in all 20 districts and 6,818 villages.

However, AgriStack approval has reached about 80.7 per cent of the total land-parcel records.

More than 1.21 lakh Farmer IDs have been created so far.

Officials are also mapping land parcels and checking crop information digitally.

The government wants these records to be accurate and checked in the field.

It also hopes better records will help farmers access agricultural loans more easily.

Key facts

Foundational digitisation
Completed across 20 districts, 207 tehsils and 6,818 villages.
Digitised land parcels
68,62,596 Khasras have been digitised.
AgriStack approval
57,30,681 Khasras approved, representing 80.7 per cent of the 71,04,737-Khasra base.
Farmer IDs
1,21,472 Farmer IDs generated across 1,663 villages.
Digital Crop Survey
Survey completed for 30,61,696 plots, or 96.55 per cent of the target.
ULPINs
33,47,011 ULPINs generated across 5,275 villages as of September 25.
BhuNaksha maps
Of 6,818 village maps, 6,468 were handed to BISAG-N and 6,049 received back.

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