Lok Sabha Question No. 3478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Aadhaar for PM KISAN Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3478 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## AADHAAR FOR PM KISAN YOJANA

3478. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has made Aadhaar card mandatory for receiving money under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana;

(b) if so, whether the Government has fixed any time period to link Aadhaar Card with bank accounts;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) the number of farmers to whom payments have been made under the said scheme so far; and

(e) the  number  of  farmers  to  whom  payments  have  yet  to  be  made,  the  details  thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c): Only possession of Aadhaar number was optional for release of 1 st Installment under  the  scheme  pertaining  to  the  4-monthly  period  December,  2018  -  March,  2019.  For release of 2 nd installment pertaining to the 4-monthly  period April - July, 2019 and  onwards, Aadhaar  seeding  of  beneficiaries'  data  was  compulsory,  except  for  the  States  of  Assam, Meghalaya  and  J&K  where  Aadhar  penetration  is  miniscule.  In  view  of  delay  in  Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries' data on the part of the State / UT Governments, this condition was relaxed and made applicable for release of 3 rd installment pertaining to the 4-monthly period August - November, 2019 and onwards, except for the States of Assam, Meghalaya and J&K which were given exemption till 31.3.2020. However, possession of Aadhaar number remained compulsory  for  release  of  2 nd installment.  This  requirement  was  further  relaxed  till  30 th November,  2019.  The  mandatory  requirement  of  Aadhaar  seeding  of  beneficiaries'  data continues to be applicable for release of all installments falling due w.e.f. 1 st  December, 2019 onwards.

(d): As on 30.11.2019,  7,60,65,061  beneficiaries  in  the  county  have  been  transferred  the financial benefit under PM-Kisan Scheme.

(e): The total number of farmers in the country are only estimates made on the basis of the Agriculture  Census,  2015-16.  Agriculture  census  is  conducted  on  a  quinquennial  basis following census-cum-survey approach to collect data on number of operational holdings in the country. Based on these estimated numbers of farmers, the State/UT-wise number of farmers who have not yet been given the benefit is enclosed at Annexure.

| Status of PM-KISAN as on 30 November, 2019   | Status of PM-KISAN as on 30 November, 2019           | Status of PM-KISAN as on 30 November, 2019   | Status of PM-KISAN as on 30 November, 2019   |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| States                                       | Estimated Number of holdings for transfer of benefit | Number of beneficiaries covered so far       | Estimated Number of beneficiaries remaining  |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 11,232                                               | 15,885                                       | (Exceeded the estimates)                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                               | 8,392,462                                            | 4,320,247                                    |                                              |
| Bihar                                        | 15,820,816                                           | 4,423,636                                    | 4,072,215                                    |
| Chandigarh                                   | 638                                                  | 418                                          | 11,397,180                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                 | 3,840,178                                            | 1,552,789                                    |                                              |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                       | 14,206                                               | 10,208                                       | 2,287,389                                    |
| Daman and Diu                                | 7,707                                                | 3,321                                        | 3,998                                        |
| Delhi                                        | 18,393                                               | 11,345                                       |                                              |
| Goa                                          | 55,228                                               | 6,473                                        |                                              |
| Gujarat                                      | 5,155,643                                            | 4,629,420                                    | 48,755                                       |
| Haryana                                      | 1,522,833                                            | 1,392,327                                    |                                              |
| Himachal Pradesh                             | 946,038                                              | 834,014                                      | 130,506                                      |
| Jammu and Kashmir                            | 1,330,169                                            | 835,522                                      | 112,024                                      |
| Jharkhand                                    | 2,556,434                                            | 1,420,698                                    | 494,647                                      |
| Karnataka                                    | 8,418,625                                            | 4,691,272                                    | 1,135,736                                    |
| Kerala                                       | 7,270,095                                            | 2,689,128                                    | 3,727,353                                    |
| Lakshdweep                                   | 9,746                                                | -                                            | 4,580,967                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 10,008,342                                           | 4,596,060                                    | 9,746                                        |
| Maharashtra                                  | 13,987,297                                           | 7,047,466                                    | 5,412,282                                    |
| Odisha                                       | 4,684,277                                            | 3,068,080                                    | 6,939,831                                    |
| Puducherry                                   | 32,200                                               | 9,052                                        | 1,616,197                                    |
| Punjab                                       | 1,043,429                                            | 2,209,351                                    | (Exceeded the                                |
| Rajasthan                                    | 7,605,792                                            | 4,555,627                                    |                                              |
| Tamilnadu                                    | 7,319,773                                            | 3,328,433                                    | 3,050,165                                    |
| Telangana                                    | 5,856,015                                            | 3,456,204                                    | 3,991,340                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                | 22,573,509                                           | 17,022,833                                   | 2,399,811                                    |
| Uttarakhand                                  | 809,613                                              | 653,524                                      | 5,550,676                                    |
| West Bengal                                  | 6,814,061                                            | -                                            | 156,089                                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            | 106,761                                              | 42,727                                       |                                              |
| Assam                                        | 2,549,913                                            | 2,694,102                                    | (Exceeded the                                |
| Manipur                                      | 140,084                                              | 78,044                                       | estimates)                                   |
| Meghalaya                                    | 225,421                                              | 61,060                                       | 164,361                                      |
| Mizoram                                      | 83,584                                               | 65,451                                       |                                              |
| Nagaland                                     | 192,283                                              | 151,303                                      | 18,133                                       |
| Sikkim                                       | 61,390                                               | -                                            |                                              |
| Tripura                                      | 535,813                                              | 189,041                                      | 61,390 +                                     |
| Total                                        | 140,000,000                                          | 76,065,061                                   | 65,249,703                                   |

Agri Census data of 2015-16 is based on the land holding and does not cover the details of joint land holders.

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