Lok Sabha Question No. 3626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: PM Kisan Payments for Crop Loss
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3626

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## PM KISAN PAYMENTS FOR CROP LOSS

3626.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is likely to give priority to provide funds to the farmers under Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  Yojana  whose  crops  were  badly  damaged  due  to natural disasters and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  names  of  a  large  number  of  farmers  have  not  been  included  in  the Government's  data  bank  in  the  absence  of  cattle  due  to  which  they  are  not  getting  the benefits of this scheme despite being the most needy and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  funds  are  paid  under  the  said  scheme  to  the  farmers  only  after  the verification by the State Governments and uploading of their names on portal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that all the farmers of the economically weaker section in the disaster affected areas get the benefits of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (d): The benefits under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme are not linked to crop losses of farmers or possession of cattle by them or disaster affected areas.  It  is  an  income  support  scheme  for  landholding  farmers'  families  in  the  country,  to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic  needs.      Farmers  falling  within  the  following  exclusion  criteria  relating  to  higher income status are not eligible for the benefit under the Scheme:

- (A) All Institutional Land holders; and
- (B) Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories :

- i) Former and present holders of constitutional posts
2. ii)  Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present  Members of Lok  Sabha/  Rajya  Sabha/  State  Legislative  Assemblies/  State  Legislative Councils,former  and  present  Mayors  of  Municipal  Corporations,  former  and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
3. iii)  All  serving  or  retired  officers  and  employees  of  Central/  State  Government Ministries  /Offices/Departments  and  its  field  units  Central  or  State  PSEs  and Attached offices /Autonomous Institutions under Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees)
4. iv)  All  superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees)
- v)  All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year.
6. vi)  Professionals  like  Doctors,  Engineers,  Lawyers,  Chartered  Accountants,  and Architects  registered  with  Professional  bodies  and  carrying  out  profession  by undertaking practices.

Further, the entire responsibility of identification of beneficiaries for this Scheme rests with the State / UT Governments. Registration of farmers for this scheme and subsequent installment-wise  transfer  of  benefits  to  them  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing  process.  The financial benefit is transferred to the bank accounts of the identified eligible beneficiaries as and  when  their  correct  and  verified  data  are  uploaded  by  the  concerned  State  /  UT Governments  on  PM-Kisan  web-portal  www.pmkisan.gov.in.  The  data  of  beneficiaries  so uploaded by the State / UT Governments undergoes a multi-level verification and validation by  various  concerned  agencies,  including  the  banks,  which  includes  rejection  of  data  for errors at various levels and re-uploading of error-free data by the State / UT Governments. Thereafter  only  the  amount  is  successfully  transferred  into  the  bank  accounts  of  the beneficiaries. This entire process is replicated for transfer of every installment.

To further  facilitate  registration  of  farmers,  an  exclusive  'Farmers  Corner'  has  been provided  in  the  PM-KISAN  Web-portal  through  which  the  farmers  can  do  their  selfregistration.  Farmers can also edit their names in PM-Kisan database as per their Aadhaar Card  through  the  Farmers  Corner.    Farmers  can  also  know  the  status  of  their  payment through the Farmers Corner.  The village-wise names of the beneficiaries are also available in  the  Farmers  Corner.    Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs)  have  also  been  authorized  to assist the farmers in performing the above tasks.

On  the  instructions  of  the  Union  Government,  the  States  have  organized Publicity/Awareness Camps to ensure expeditious Aadhaar authentication of the data of the beneficiaries along with new registrations and correction of already registered data.

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