The Farmer ID is created under which mission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare?

The correct answer is the Digital Agriculture Mission. The Farmer ID is issued under this mission, which the Union Cabinet approved on 2 September 2024 and which is building a Digital Public Infrastructure, or DPI, for the farm sector. Option A, the National Mission on Natural Farming, is wrong because the announcement makes no reference to it; the identity is a governance and delivery reform, not a farming-practice programme. Option C, the National Food Security Mission, is wrong for the same reason, as nothing in the announcement connects the registry to it. Option D, the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture, is also wrong and belongs to a different area of work altogether. What the Digital Agriculture Mission does through the Farmer ID is tie a verified farmer database to farm services, which removes duplicate verification and fraud, improves coordination between departments and makes Kisan Credit Card loans, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana claims, disaster relief and MSP procurement simpler for the grower. More than 6 crore farmers have already benefited this way.