New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- All states and Union Territories barring West Bengal and Delhi have joined the Centre's initiative to digitally identify farmers, a plan that will eventually help digitally map all farm activities, including the use of subsidies, credit, insurance and procurement services, to enable efficient policymaking and make it easier to design schemes for farmers.

So far, 34 states and UTs have adopted the Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), which is aimed at transforming India's farm sector through technology, two government officials told Mint, requesting anonymity. These states and UTs will now help create and implement digital public infrastructure (DPI) for agriculture, said one of the people cited above.

Since agricultu...