India's Farmer Digital ID Scheme Surpasses 100 Million Enrolments

India's Ministry of Agriculture reports its AgriStack farmer ID programme has issued over 100 million digital identities as of August 2026, up from 92 million in March, with a target of 110 million by the 2026-27 fiscal year. The government describes the ID as core "digital public infrastructure" linking farmers' access to land records, credit, insurance and subsidised procurement, with officials comparing its potential scale to India's UPI payments system. Such infrastructure illustrates how essential economic participation is increasingly being made conditional on centralised digital identity systems.