The government has constituted a task force for its 'AgriStack' project which will deliberate the contours of a Unified Farmers Service Platform (USFP), it said in replies to Parliamentary questions. The question raised by Indian National Congress Member of Parliament Pradyut Bordoloi, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that the Task Force is only working a framework document and Digital Blue Print for the UFSP. The database will be built only once the Ministry approves the Task Force's recommendations, after involving the relevant organisations. "The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has constituted a Task Force to develop IndEA (India Enterprise Architecture) Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA). The Unified Farmers Service Platform (UFSP) will be prepared based on the IDEA. The details and components are being deliberated by the Task Force and shall be communicated when finalised" AgriStack effectively is the next domain of the India Stack project. After creating technology tools for identity (Aadhaar), documents (DigiLocker), payments (Unified Payments Interface) and healthcare (National Health Stack), the India Stack project has turned its sights on agriculture. InDEA is essentially an initiative of the central government to create standardised digital systems for central government ministries, state governments, government departments and various agencies in order to improve governance functions. What is AgriStack? AgriStack is essentially a collection of technology tools and digital databases for the agricultural sector and India's farmers. These databases and tools, the government says, will help tackle issues in agricultural marketing, agriculture…
