<h1>Chief Minister orders fast-track digital agriculture ecosystem under Rs 4,000 crore World Bank project with secure data governance</h1> The state chief minister directed officials to fast-track a digital agriculture ecosystem under a Rs 4,000 crore, World Bank-supported project, instructing preparation of a digital agriculture policy aligned with national technical standards to ensure secure cyber infrastructure and enable innovation-based research. The initiative will integrate real-time data on crops, weather, inputs, insurance, markets and logistics, and be implemented across designated districts in coordination with agricultural universities, extension centres and farmer producer organizations. Legal considerations include compliance with national technical and data-security standards, governance of shared agricultural data, procurement and funding conditions under the external-financing agreement, and regulatory oversight of public-private collaborations.