The Indian government is taking steps to modernize the process of estimating crop area and production, acknowledging that the current system is largely manual and prone to delays and errors. 

• The Centre, which oversees this effort, has encouraged states and Union Territories (UTs) to embrace the Digital Crop Survey system starting from the next agricultural year in July.
• The Digital Crop Survey is an initiative to digitize and automate the process of collecting agricultural data. 
• Under the guidance of the Economics, Statistics and Evaluation Division (ESED) within the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, detailed guidelines have been formulated for the collection of agricultural production estimates.
• These guidelines have been shared with states and UTs for their adoption.