Lok Sabha Question No. 3483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Farmers under PM KISAN Yojana in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3483

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## FARMERS UNDER PM KISAN YOJANA IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 3483. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) the  number  of  farmers  covered  so  far  under  PM  Kisan  Yojana  in  Andhra  Pradesh, district-wise especially in Srikakulam district;
- (b) the number of eligible farmers who remain deprived of availing benefits under PM Kisan Yojana in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise especially in Srikakulam district;
- (c) the steps taken to avoid beneficiary inclusion-exclusion errors in PM Kisan Yojana;
- (d) the role of Gram Panchayats in targeting of PM Kisan Yojana beneficiaries;
- (e) whether the income support provided under PM Kisan Yojana is less than Rangarajan Committee's poverty line of Rupees 32 per person per day in rural areas; and
- (f) whether the Government has conducted a study on the impact of PM Kisan Yojana on farmers' income, if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) & (b): The number of farmers registered by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh so  far  under  the  Scheme,  district-wise,  the  number  of  farmers  who  have  been  released  the benefit and the number of farmers yet to be released the benefit are given in the Annexure.
- (c): The implementation mechanism of the scheme has been devised in such a way as to avoid any inclusion-exclusion errors.  The database of beneficiary farmers is prepared by the State  /  UT  Governments,  which  is  checked  and  validated  for  various  parameters  of  the scheme,  like  adherence  to  exclusion  factors,  Aadhaar  numbers,  mobile  numbers,  bank account  numbers,  category  of  acceptable  bank  accounts  like  Saving  Account,  Jan  Dhan Accout,  etc.,  by  effectively  utilizing  modern  Information  Technology  tools  with  combined synergies of various agencies like the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the Public Finance Management  System  (PFMS),  the  National  Payment  Corporation  of  India  (NPCI),  etc. Unvalidated  data  is  reverted  back  to  the  State/UT  Governments  for  re-verification  and  resubmission,  if  required.  Only  after  the  multi-level  verification  and  validation  of  the  data  by various  concerned  agencies,  including  the  banks,  the  amount  is  transferred  into  the  bank accounts of the beneficiaries. However, the entire procedure has been continuously reviewed and  fine-tuned  with  the  requirements  of  the  scheme  so  as  to  achieve  the  ultimate  goal  of expeditious transfer of the financial benefit to the genuine beneficiaries.

(d): Panchayti  Raj  Institutions  have  been  envisaged  to  be  involved  at  various  stages  of implementation  of  the  Scheme  particularly  in  the  identification  of  beneficiaries,  extension  & awareness creation amongst farmers, obtaining feed-back of the farmers etc. Clause 10.5 of the Operational Guidelines of the Scheme also provides that the beneficiaries' lists would be displayed at  Panchayats  to  ensure  greater  transparency  and  information.  Accordingly, instructions  have  been  issued  to  all  State/UT  Governments  to  display  the  names  of beneficiaries in Panchayats.

(e): Dr.  C.  Rangarajan  Committee  had  been  constituted  to  review  the  methodology  for measurement of poverty in the country.  The PM-Kisan Scheme, which is an income support scheme exclusively for landholding farmers subject to exclusion criteria, has no linkages with the report of that Committee.

(f): The  PM-Kisan Scheme has been launched recently i.e. February. 2019 and hence no study has been conducted.

ANNEXURE

| Andhra Pradesh - District-wise Report   | Andhra Pradesh - District-wise Report   | Andhra Pradesh - District-wise Report   | Andhra Pradesh - District-wise Report         |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| District Name                           | No. of farmers enrolled                 | No. of farmers released the benefit     | No. of farmers yet to be released the benefit |
| ANANTAPUR                               | 5,18,956                                | 4,72,754                                | 46,202                                        |
| CHITTOOR                                | 4,03,258                                | 3,75,043                                | 28,215                                        |
| EAST GODAVARI                           | 4,38,040                                | 4,00,349                                | 37,691                                        |
| GUNTUR                                  | 4,22,582                                | 3,89,691                                | 32,891                                        |
| KRISHNA                                 | 3,24,706                                | 3,04,488                                | 20,218                                        |
| KURNOOL                                 | 4,37,969                                | 4,05,360                                | 32,609                                        |
| PRAKASAM                                | 3,79,621                                | 3,48,984                                | 30,637                                        |
| SPSR NELLORE                            | 2,54,679                                | 2,28,838                                | 25,841                                        |
| SRIKAKULAM                              | 3,18,187                                | 2,92,344                                | 25,843                                        |
| VISAKHAPATANAM                          | 3,10,957                                | 2,83,773                                | 27,184                                        |
| VIZIANAGARAM                            | 2,59,316                                | 2,40,189                                | 19,127                                        |
| WEST GODAVARI                           | 3,46,070                                | 3,22,326                                | 23,744                                        |
| Y.S.R.                                  | 2,72,107                                | 2,56,108                                | 15,999                                        |
| Total:                                  | 46,86,448                               | 43,20,247                               | 3,66,201                                      |

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