Lok Sabha Question No. 325 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 325

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI YOJANA

- *325.     SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- (a) the number of farmers benefited under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, State-wise including the State of Odisha and Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency; and
- (b) the  amount  of  funds  earmarked  to  Odisha  for  the  said  scheme  and  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 325  DUE FOR REPLY ON 17 TH     MARCH, 2020.

- (a): As  on  11.3.2020,  the  financial  benefit  under  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme  has  been released to 8,69,79,391 beneficiaries in the country. The State-wise number of beneficiaries is  enclosed at Annexure. These include 36,28,657 beneficiaries from Odisha and 1,35,737 beneficiaries in the District of Kalahandi in the State.
- (b): Under PM-KISAN Scheme, funds are not released State-wise but transferred directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries identified by the State Governments.

## ANNEXURE

| States                      | Number of beneficiaries benefitted (As on 11.3.2020)   | Total amount released (all Installments) (As on 11.3.2020)   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 16,630                                                 | 118,154,000                                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 5,117,791                                              | 33,221,656,000                                               |
| Bihar                       | 5,695,342                                              | 28,584,064,000                                               |
| Chandigarh                  | 424                                                    | 2,760,000                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1,989,083                                              | 10,009,406,000                                               |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 10,554                                                 | 70,600,000                                                   |
| Daman and Diu               | 3,584                                                  | 24,818,000                                                   |
| Delhi                       | 13,165                                                 | 71,766,000                                                   |
| Goa                         | 8,143                                                  | 45,628,000                                                   |
| Gujarat                     | 5,038,880                                              | 33,721,702,000                                               |
| Haryana                     | 1,518,346                                              | 10,602,326,000                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 881,334                                                | 6,089,782,000                                                |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 954,104                                                | 6,453,270,000                                                |
| Jharkhand                   | 1,436,175                                              | 6,197,376,000                                                |
| Karnataka                   | 4,953,573                                              | 27,447,074,000                                               |
| Kerala                      | 2,895,416                                              | 20,881,812,000                                               |
| Lakshdweep                  | -                                                      | -                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 6,131,064                                              | 29,430,330,000                                               |
| Maharashtra                 | 8,858,291                                              | 48,983,510,000                                               |
| Odisha                      | 3,628,657                                              | 18,039,002,000                                               |
| Puducherry                  | 10,003                                                 | 63,588,000                                                   |
| Punjab                      | 2,240,211                                              | 14,788,172,000                                               |
| Rajasthan                   | 5,325,486                                              | 31,891,792,000                                               |
| Tamilnadu                   | 3,627,108                                              | 24,934,340,000                                               |
| Telangana                   | 3,481,998                                              | 24,769,990,000                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 18,899,289                                             | 124,786,294,000                                              |
| Uttarakhand                 | 731,753                                                | 4,959,242,000                                                |
| West Bengal                 | -                                                      | -                                                            |
| North East States           | North East States                                      | North East States                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 57,860                                                 | 249,188,000                                                  |
| Assam                       | 2,707,093                                              | 16,158,360,000                                               |
| Manipur                     | 219,506                                                | 800,664,000                                                  |
| Meghalaya                   | 85,219                                                 | 424,900,000                                                  |
| Mizoram                     | 68,126                                                 | 419,356,000                                                  |
| Nagaland                    | 174,417                                                | 914,688,000                                                  |
| Sikkim                      | 1,718                                                  | 3,458,000                                                    |
| Tripura                     | 199,048                                                | 1,432,086,000                                                |
| Total                       | 86,979,391                                             | 526,591,154,000                                              |

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