PATNA, Jan. 11 -- With just a day left in the special drive, state agriculture minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Saturday visited Hathiyakand panchayat in Danapur block to review the ongoing farmer registry and e-KYC process under the Centre's Agri Stack initiative. During the spot inspection, the minister assessed the pace of registrations, technical arrangements and the facilities being extended to farmers. He interacted with field staff and farmers on the ground before issuing fresh directions to speed up the exercise. Speaking to reporters later, Yadav stressed that the farmer registry forms a cornerstone of the Agri Stack project, aimed at making agricultural services more efficient, transparent and genuinely farmer-centric across the state. "Every genuine farmer will get a unique farmer ID that links their land records directly to Aadhaar. This will ensure benefits of government schemes reach them without delay or middlemen," he said. The minister said that the exercise was first piloted in ten revenue villages across five districts - Saran, Gaya, East Champaran, Purnea and Bhagalpur - before being rolled out statewide. Bucket mapping of all 44,500 revenue villages was completed, and the registry process formally began in April last year. Approval for the remaining villages has now been received from the Centre. So far, department officials have completed e-KYC for more than 44 lakh farmers. After bucket verification, over 12.34 lakh farmer IDs have already been generated, including 7.58 lakh beneficiaries of the PM-Kisan scheme. Yadav appealed to farmers to actively participate in the special campaign ending January 11, 2026, and complete their registration without delay. "Come to the camps, get your farmer ID made through biometric or face authentication, and secure uninterrupted access to all schemes," he urged. The drive involves close coordination between the agriculture and revenue departments: agriculture staff handle e-KYC while revenue officials verify land bucket details. This joint effort has lent momentum to the entire process. The minister reiterated that the larger goal is to deliver every agriculture-related welfare scheme directly to verified, eligible farmers. The Centre has now made farmer ID mandatory for PM-Kisan beneficiaries. To receive the next instalment, all existing beneficiaries must visit a registry camp, complete verification on the portal or app, and register their land claim. Under Agri Stack, Bihar's land database has been integrated to create online buckets for identically named jamabandi entries in each revenue village, forming the foundation for the statewide registry. With the deadline approaching, officials say the intensified push is aimed at covering maximum farmers before the window closes. Principal secretary of revenue and land reforms department, which is jointly driving the campaign, CK Anil said that the farmer registration drive has been extended till 21 January to accelerate progress and ensure every eligible farmer in Bihar is registered. He said the campaign has already achieved a historic milestone by surpassing 10 lakh registrations, with 10,41,341 farmers successfully registered by 9 January evening. On 9 January, 1,86,073 farmers were registered against a daily target of 2,68,500, achieving 69.30% of the goal - a remarkable 42% increase over the previous day's registrations. Several districts demonstrated excellent performance by exceeding targets, including Muzaffarpur (138.51%), Vaishali (137.16%), Araria (127.58%), Bhagalpur (120.98%) and Katihar (108.13%). However, districts such as Madhubani, Begusarai, Samastipur, Siwan, Saran and Kaimur recorded relatively lower progress, ranging between 40% and 70% of their targets. Similarly, East Champaran, Jehanabad, Patna, Lakhisarai and Munger performed below the state average. The departments have directed intensified administrative monitoring and better coordination at the field level to bring these underperforming districts into the green zone quickly....