Lok Sabha Question No. 3794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Financial Assistance under PM Kisan Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3794

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PM KISAN SCHEME

3794. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

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

- (a) whether  more  than  30  lakh  farmers  have  still  not  received  the  financial  assistance from Maharashtra State under PM-Kisan scheme, first instalment of 2018-19;
- (b) the number of farmers who have registered under the scheme but were left out of the payment of financial assistance from December 2018 to November 2019 across the country including Maharashtra; and
- (c) the effective steps proposed/taken by the Government to release the assistance at an early date under the scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- ( a): The  entire  responsibility  of  identification  of  eligible  beneficiary  farmer  families  and uploading  their  correct  details  on  the  PM-KISAN  portal  rests  with  the  concerned  State/UT Governments.    The  data  of  beneficiaries  uploaded  by  them  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. Based on the completely error-free data uploaded by the Government  of  Maharashtra,  as  on  31.3.2019  i.e.  for  the  1 st period  of  2018-19,  financial benefit had been released to 19,24,874 beneficiaries. However, so far (as on 11.3.2020), the benefit has been released to 88,58,291 beneficiaries from the State.

(b): Till  30.11.2019, data of 9,01,60,805 beneficiaries had been uploaded on PM-KISAN portal by the State / UT Governments, out of which financial benefit had been released to 7,60,65,061 beneficiaries across the country, including 70,47,466 beneficiaries from Maharashtra based on verified data. Rest of data was under correction.

(c): Though  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme  has  been  successfully  implemented  across  the country with total coverage of 8,69,79,391 beneficiaries as on 11.3.2020, State Governments have  been  continuously  requested  and  vigorously  pursued  for  expeditious  registration, correction,  and  uploading  of  data  of  remaining  beneficiaries,  in  mission  mode  and  by organizing  camps.  A  weekly  meeting  is  held  through  Video  Conferencing  with  State Governments and other concerned stakeholders so as to remove any obstacles coming in the way of smooth and seamless implementation of the scheme. On the advice of the Union Government,  the  States  have  been  organizing  publicity/awareness  camps  and  saturation drives to achieve 100% saturation by enrolling every eligible farmer family of the country.

Further,  a  special  facility  has  been  provided  to  the  farmers  in  the  PM-Kisan  portal, namely, 'Farmers Corner', through which, farmers can do their self-registration. 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. Village-wise details of beneficiaries are also available on the Farmers Corner. The Common Service Centres (CSCs) have also been authorized to do registration of the farmers for the Scheme  upon  payment  of  minimal  fees.  The  other  facilities  on  Farmers  Corner  are  also available  through  CSCs.  A  special  Mobile  APP  has  also  been  launched  on  24 th February, 2020  on  the  1 st anniversary  of  completion  of  one  year  of  successful  implementation  of scheme, which provides the facilities available through the Farmers Corner.

Government of West Bengal, which has not yet joined the scheme, thereby denying its benefit to around 69 lakh farmers of the State, has also been repeatedly requested to join the scheme.

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