Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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BENEFICIARIES OF PM-KISAN

Posted On: 03 DEC 2024 5:40PM by PIB Delhi

The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers. Under this scheme, the financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year in three equal instalments every four months is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers' families across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. The PM-KISAN scheme is one of the largest DBT Schemes of the World.

A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured the benefits of the scheme reach all the farmers across the country without any involvement of the middlemen. Maintaining absolute transparency in registering and verifying beneficiaries, the Government of India has disbursed over Rs 3.46 lakh Cr in 18 instalments, so far.

Farmers of all States are getting the benefits of PM-KISAN. The State-wise details of benefits released during 18th instalment under PM-KISAN is attached at Annexure.

Benefits of the scheme are transferred to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode, based on the verified data received from the States/UTs on the PM-KISAN portal. The scheme initially started on a trust-based system, where beneficiaries were registered by the states on self-certification basis. Initially, Aadhaar seeding was also relaxed for some of the States.  Later on, to address this, several technological interventions were introduced, including integration with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax Department. Further, land seeding was made mandatory along with Aadhaar based payment and e-KYC. The benefits of the farmers, who did not complete these mandatory criteria, were stopped. As and when these farmers complete their mandatory requirements, they will receive the benefits of the scheme along with their due installments, if any.

Recoveries from ineligible farmers marked due to income tax payee, higher income groups, Govt. employees etc. have been initiated by the concerned State Governments. A total of Rs. 335 Cr. has been recovered from the ineligible beneficiaries so far across the country.

 

Annexure

 

State-wise details of benefits released during 18th instalment under PM-KISAN

 

#

State

18th Instalment (Aug - Nov 2024)

No. of Beneficiaries

Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Cr.)

1

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

12,832

2.80

2

Andhra Pradesh

41,22,252

836.31

3

Arunachal Pradesh

90,444

25.60

4

Assam

18,87,227

403.44

5

Bihar

75,80,445

1,544.40

6

Chandigarh

 

 

7

Chhattisgarh

24,96,294

566.34

8

Delhi

10,765

2.23

9

Goa

6,332

1.33

10

Gujarat

49,12,111

1,038.67

11

Haryana

15,98,937

341.98

12

Himachal Pradesh

8,17,494

171.88

13

Jammu And Kashmir

8,58,257

182.54

14

Jharkhand

19,97,224

545.97

15

Karnataka

43,47,737

941.76

16

Kerala

28,15,143

597.93

17

Ladakh

18,201

3.77

18

Lakshadweep

2,198

0.45

19

Madhya Pradesh

81,36,105

1,681.86

20

Maharashtra

91,41,983

1,888.21

21

Manipur

85,917

42.78

22

Meghalaya

1,50,412

33.91

23

Mizoram

1,10,285

31.36

24

Nagaland

1,71,914

42.84

25

Odisha

31,48,993

688.53

26

Puducherry

8,032

1.63

27

Punjab

9,26,039

272.77

28

Rajasthan

70,31,163

1,544.86

29

Sikkim

28,100

6.66

30

Tamil Nadu

21,94,272

455.86

31

Telangana

30,77,274

627.46

32

The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu

11,587

2.44

33

Tripura

2,29,303

47.65

34

Uttar Pradesh

2,25,72,533

4,980.88

35

Uttarakhand

7,96,926

168.75

36

West Bengal

45,02,904

931.49

 

Grand Total

9,58,97,635

20,657.36

 

 

 

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Bhagirath Choudhary in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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