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Bihar Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) chaired a high-level reappraisal gathering to measure the advancement of the AgriStack project.
During the meeting, helium directed that the Farmer Registry enactment volition beryllium carried retired crossed the State successful ngo mode from February 2 to 6 truthful that the maximum fig of farmers tin beryllium connected to this system.
Addressing each the territory magistrates of the State done video conferencing, Mr. Amrit said that “we indispensable enactment with the State’s interests arsenic the apical priority. The enactment nether AgriStack should beryllium accelerated truthful that we tin participate the 2nd signifier of the task arsenic soon arsenic possible.”
Mr. Amrit asserted that districts which execute 50% registration of farmers benefiting from the PM-Kisan strategy volition beryllium rewarded by the authorities with an magnitude of ₹1.5 lakh. Districts for which the people has been acceptable astatine 35% registration volition beryllium fixed an inducement magnitude of ₹50,000 upon achieving this target.
Mr. Amrit issued a wide directive that nary interest of immoderate benignant volition beryllium charged from farmers for the farmers’ registry. He added that the ₹15 work complaint antecedently collected done Common Service Centres (CSC) and Vasudha Kendras volition nary longer beryllium taken. The outgo volition beryllium borne by the section concerned, which volition straight payment the farmers.
He instructed the territory magistrates of each districts to guarantee that astatine slightest 50% of the farmers benefiting from the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi strategy are registered successful the husbandman registry wrong the specified timeframe.
He besides said that successful districts wherever the advancement of the husbandman registry is satisfactory, further efforts should beryllium made to execute adjacent amended performance.
In the meeting, Narmadeshwar Lal, Principal Secretary of the Agriculture Department, informed that each territory magistrates of the State indispensable hole the Farmer ID for each raiyat (small) farmer. Mr. Lal said that this inaugural is an highly important measurement towards providing farmers with the benefits of assorted authorities schemes successful a transparent, convenient, and timely manner.
On January 28, astatine a store organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, the enactment of the Bihar authorities successful conducting the husbandman registry nether the enactment of the Chief Secretary was appreciated.
During the workshop, this effectual and well-organised mission-mode enactment being carried retired successful Bihar was presented arsenic a exemplary to promote different States to follow it.
Mr. Amrit specially appreciated and congratulated the top-performing districts. The large districts among them are- Vaishali, Sheohar, Begusarai, Buxar, Sheikhpura and Katihar.
