Question : Online Registration of Farmers

(a) the total number of farmers in the country, State-wise;

(b) the number of farmers for whom online registration has been completed in various States of the country including Uttar Pradesh; and

(c) the time by which registration of the rest of the farmers are likely to be completed?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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(a): The Agriculture Census 2015-16 contain figures of farmers in the country in the form of operational holding, which is defined as, “all land which is used wholly or partly for agricultural production and is operated as one technical unit by one person alone or with others without regard to the title, legal form, size or location”. Accordingly, a statement giving State/UT-wise number of operational holdings in the country is laid on the table of the House.

(b): There is no provision or scheme for any online registration of farmers in the Central Government.

(c): Does not arise.

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