New Delhi: To facilitate farmers, the government is currently undertaking the process of creating a Farmer Registry. However, for a large number of farmers, this task appears to be nothing more than a distant dream. There are many farmers who seem to be far removed from the Farmer Registry process.
In the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, too, a significant number of farmers have not yet completed this registration. But are you aware that if you fail to complete the Farmer Registry, numerous other administrative tasks will come to a standstill—a situation that could prove to be a major setback?
Therefore, farmers must complete their Farmer Registry registration in a timely manner. According to a report, in five *tehsils* (administrative subdivisions) of Banda district, only about 75 per cent of farmers have been able to avail themselves of the benefits of government schemes. In total, 25 per cent of farmers have not yet completed this registration.
Complete This Task Within Two Days
Farmers should complete their Farmer Registry registration within just two days. Failure to do so will result in them missing out on the benefits of the next instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. In the Banda district, there are 251,390 registered farmers. Of these, 188,708 have completed their Farmer Registry, while the registration of 62,682 farmers remains pending.
Due to discrepancies in details—such as names—between these farmers’ Aadhaar cards and land records (*Khatoni*), as well as the inability to access land records for 211 villages online, the pace of the Farmer Registry process has been moving at a snail’s pace. The government operates several schemes for farmers, including the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, crop loans, compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Crop Insurance Scheme), and disaster relief.
This registration process is being undertaken to bring transparency to these schemes, ensure that benefits reach eligible beneficiaries, and facilitate the resolution of land-related disputes. In September of last year, the government made it mandatory for farmers to complete the Farmer Registry; this move was initiated to enable the Revenue Department’s Land Records Wing to compile data—specifically identifying farmers with identical names or fathers’ names—and make this information available to the state government online. Despite this mandate, 25 per cent of farmers in Banda have still not been able to complete this process.
Many Farmers Yet to Complete Farmer Registration
According to a report by the Agriculture Department, 62,682 farmers in the Banda district have not yet completed their Farmer Registration. This implies that, for this significant number of farmers, the registration process remains an elusive dream. This figure accounts for 25 per cent of the total farming population in the district. The initiative to register farmers commenced in July 2024, with the process being accelerated through the organisation of special camps starting in December 2024.
Abhay Yadav, the Deputy Director of Agriculture for Banda, stated that completing the Farmer Registration is mandatory for farmers to avail themselves of government benefits. Farmers who fail to complete their registration by March will be ineligible to receive benefits under any government scheme starting from April; furthermore, the disbursement of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi will also be suspended for them.
