Lok Sabha Question No. 21 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Beneficiaries under PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Santokh Singh Chaudhary, Santosh Pandey

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 21

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME

- *21.      SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY: SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

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

- (a) the number of beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN ) Scheme in the country, including Punjab and Chhattisgarh (Rajnandgaon);
- (b) the total amount of money disbursed so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  number  of  beneficiaries  has  been  declining  with  the  release  of  every instalment, if so, details thereof along with number of beneficiaries for every instalment in the country including Punjab and reasons for decline in number of beneficiaries;
- (d) the  number  of  farmers  in  the  country,  including  Chhattisgarh  (Rajnandgaon)  who have not got even a single instalment so far along with reasons therefor and plan of the Ministry  to  provide  the  instalment  amount  to  the  farmers  who  have  not  received  a  single instalment;
- (e) the· steps taken to provide the benefit of PM-KISAN Scheme to all farmers; and
- (f) whether the Government is on track to double the income of farmers by 2022 and if so, details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  21   DUE FOR REPLY ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020.

- (a): Till  date  financial  benefits  have  been  released  to  total  8,35,77,649  farmers.  The number  of  beneficiaries  of  PM-KISAN  including  Punjab  and  Chhattisgarh  are  attached  at Annexure-I. In the district of Rajnandgaon, financial benefits have been released to 1,67,043 beneficiaries out of the 1,92,996 registered farmer families under the Scheme.
- (b): Under  this  Scheme,  total  amount  of  Rs.  50,029  crores  has  been  released  to  the eligible farmers. The details of amount released to States and UTs is annexed at Annexure-I.
- (c): No, in fact, the number of beneficiaries is increasing with every period. The details are annexed at Annexure-II.
- (d): The State-wise details of farmer families registered under PM-KISAN who have not been given any installment are given at Annexure-III. Also the number of farmer families who are yet to be paid in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh is 25,953. The reasons for nonpayment of benefits to the eligible farmer families include mismatch of names in land records and Aadhaar Cards, failure in Account validation at the PFMS level due to reasons like wrong Account number, wrong IFSC etc. To release benefits to these farmer families, the data that needs to be corrected has been opened for correction to States/UTs. In addition, the facility of Aadhaar correction by the beneficiary has been provided on the PM-KISAN portal and for this purpose, Common Service Centres (CSCs) have also been authorized.
- (e):    The State specific issues in identification of beneficiaries in respect of North Eastern Region,  Jharkhand,  Chhattigarh  etc.  have  been  resolved.  For  enrollment, the farmers are required  to  approach  the  local  patwari  /  revenue  officer  /  Nodal  Officer  (PM-Kisan) nominated  by  the  State  Government.  Further,  the  farmers  can  self-register  themselves through Farmers Corner at PMKISAN Portal. The Common Service Centres (CSCs) have also been authorized to do registration of the farmers for the Scheme.

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(f): The  Government  has  constituted  an  Inter-ministerial  Committee  in  April,  2016  to examine issues relating to  'Doubling  of  Farmers  Income' and  to recommend  strategies  to achieve the same.  The Committee submitted its Report to the Government in September, 2018 and thereafter, an Empowered Body was set up on 23.01.2019 to monitor and review the progress as per these recommendations. Due to the efforts made as part of schemes/ programmes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare which also aligns with the  strategy  of  doubling  farmers'  income,  there  has  been  an  appreciable  improvement  in efficiency bringing about a positive impact in the agriculture sector. Various interventions and schemes that have already been rolled out are:

- (i) Implementation of flagship scheme of distribution of Soil Health Cards to farmers so that the use of fertilizers can be rationalized.
- (ii) 'Per  drop  more  crop'  initiative  under  which  drip/sprinkler  irrigation  is  being encouraged for optimal utilization of water, reducing cost of inputs and increasing productivity.
- (iii) 'Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)' for promoting organic farming.
- (iv) Launch  of  e-NAM  initiative  to  provide  farmers  an  electronic  transparent  and competitive online trading platform.
- (v) With a view to provide better insurance coverage to crops for risk mitigation, a crop insurance  scheme  namely  Pradhan Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY) was launched from Kharif 2016 season. This scheme provides insurance cover for all stages of the crop cycle including post-harvest risks in specified instances, with low premium contribution by farmers.
- (vi) Under  'Har  Medh  Par  Ped',  agro  forestry  is  being  promoted  for  additional income.  With  the  amendment  of  Indian  Forest  Act,  1927,  Bamboo  has  been removed from the definition of trees. A restructured National Bamboo Mission has been  launched  in  the  year  2018  to  promote  bamboo  plantation  on  non  forest government  as  well  as  private  land  and  emphasis  on  value  addition,  product development and  markets.

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- (vii) Giving a major boost for the farmer's income, the Government has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi crops for 201819 season at a level of at least 150 percent of the cost of production.
- (viii) Giving a major boost to the pro-farmer initiatives, the Government has approved a new Umbrella Scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Annadata  Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PMAASHA)'.  The Scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce as announced in the Union Budget for 2018. This is an unprecedented step taken by Govt. of India to protect the farmers' income which is expected to go a long way towards the welfare of farmers.
- (ix) Bee  keeping  has  been  promoted  under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of Horticulture  (MIDH)  to  increase  the  productivity  of  crops  through  pollination  and increase the honey production as an additional source of income of farmers.
- (x) Extending the reach of institutional credit to more and more farmers is priority area of  the  Government  and  to  achieve  this  goal,  the  Government  provides  interest subvention of 2% on short-term crop loans up to Rs.3.00 lakh. Presently, loan is available to farmers at an interest rate of 7% per annum, which gets reduced to 4% on prompt repayment.
- (xi) Government  sets  annual  target  for  the  flow  of  credit  to  the  agriculture  sector, Banks  have  been  consistently  surpassing  the  annual  target.  The  current  year's agriculture credit flow target has been set at Rs. 13.50 lakh crore.
- (xii) Further, under Interest Subvention Scheme 2018-19, in order to provide relief to the farmers on occurrence of natural calamities, the interest subvention of 2% shall continue to be available to banks for the first year on the restructured amount. In order to discourage distress sale by farmers and to encourage them to store their produce  in  warehouses  against negotiable receipts, the benefit of interest subvention  will  be  available  to  small  and  marginal  farmers  having  Kisan  Credit Card  for  a  further  period  of  upto  six  months  post  harvest  on  the  same  rate  as available to crop loan.
- (xiii) The Government has approved for giving the facility of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to the farmers practicing animal husbandry and fisheries related   activities and has also  decided  to  extend  the  Interest  Subvention  Facilities  to  such  categories  of farmers.

- (xiv) Further with a view to provide social security net for Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF) as they have minimal or no savings to provide for old age and to support them in the event of consequent loss of livelihood, the Government has decided to implement another new Central Sector Scheme for providing old age pension to these farmers. Under this Scheme, a minimum fixed pension of Rs. 3000/- will be provided  to  the  eligible  small  and  marginal  farmers,  subject  to  certain  exclusion clauses, on attaining the age of 60 years.

## Annexure-I

| Sl. No.   | Status of PM-KISAN (as on 30-01-2020)   | Status of PM-KISAN (as on 30-01-2020)   | Status of PM-KISAN (as on 30-01-2020)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/UTs Name                         | Unique Beneficiary Covered              | Amount (in Rupees)                      |
| 1.        | Andaman And Nicobar Islands             | 16,504                                  | 116,156,000                             |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                          | 5,117,781                               | 33,023,956,000                          |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 50,820                                  | 209,340,000                             |
| 4.        | Assam                                   | 2,704,199                               | 16,091,032,000                          |
| 5.        | Bihar                                   | 5,219,124                               | 27,466,048,000                          |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                              | 457                                     | 2,790,000                               |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                            | 1,840,948                               | 8,760,478,000                           |
| 8.        | Dadra And Nagar Haveli                  | 10,396                                  | 70,224,000                              |
| 9.        | Daman And Diu                           | 3,463                                   | 24,512,000                              |
| 10.       | Delhi                                   | 12,479                                  | 69,716,000                              |
| 11.       | Goa                                     | 7,230                                   | 43,648,000                              |
| 12.       | Gujarat                                 | 4,794,507                               | 32,456,648,000                          |
| 13.       | Haryana                                 | 1,444,637                               | 10,122,482,000                          |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh                        | 858,987                                 | 5,990,394,000                           |
| 15.       | Jammu And Kashmir                       | 930,445                                 | 6,285,558,000                           |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                               | 1,450,198                               | 5,951,606,000                           |
| 17.       | Karnataka                               | 4,898,221                               | 27,024,168,000                          |
| 18.       | Kerala                                  | 2,750,046                               | 19,092,974,000                          |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                             | -                                       | -                                       |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                          | 5,462,740                               | 25,068,916,000                          |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                             | 8,254,800                               | 44,679,130,000                          |
| 22.       | Manipur                                 | 133,820                                 | 622,930,000                             |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                               | 67,306                                  | 363,812,000                             |
| 24.       | Mizoram                                 | 67,220                                  | 408,370,000                             |
| 25.       | Nagaland                                | 165,163                                 | 882,658,000                             |
| 26.       | Odisha                                  | 3,628,657                               | 18,038,934,000                          |
| 27.       | Puducherry                              | 9,396                                   | 48,312,000                              |
| 28.       | Punjab                                  | 2,240,059                               | 14,695,906,000                          |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                               | 5,001,759                               | 30,461,312,000                          |
| 30.       | Sikkim                                  | 11                                      | 22,000                                  |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                              | 3,492,206                               | 24,590,442,000                          |
| 32.       | Telangana                               | 3,480,384                               | 24,621,696,000                          |
| 33.       | Tripura                                 | 193,127                                 | 1,407,922,000                           |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                           | 18,575,157                              | 116,800,874,000                         |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                             | 695,402                                 | 4,804,462,000                           |
| 36.       | West Bengal                             | -                                       | -                                       |
| Total:    |                                         | 83,577,649                              | 500,297,428,000                         |

## Annexure-II

| Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)              | Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)              | Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)              | Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)              | Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)              | Payment Status (As on 30/01/2020)   |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                                                | Dec'18- Mar'19                                 | Apr'19- Jul'19                                 | Aug'19- Nov'19                                 | Dec'19- Mar'20*                                |                                     |
| Number of Beneficiaries paid                   | 43,269,654                                     | 69,108,253                                     | 76,577,189                                     | 61,193,618                                     |                                     |
| Number of unique beneficiaries paid till now = | Number of unique beneficiaries paid till now = | Number of unique beneficiaries paid till now = | Number of unique beneficiaries paid till now = | Number of unique beneficiaries paid till now = | 8,35,77,649                         |

*     On-going period.

Annexure-III

| S.No          | States/UTs                  | Estimated Landholdings   | First Level Accepted Data   | Farmers Provided benefit   | Farmers yet to receive benefit   |
|---------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1             | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 11,232                   | 16,795                      | 16,504                     | 291                              |
| 2             | Andhra Pradesh              | 8,392,462                | 5,445,033                   | 5,117,781                  | 327,252                          |
| 3             | Arunachal                   | 106,761                  | 62,300                      | 50,820                     | 11,480                           |
| 4             | Pradesh Assam               | 2,549,913                | 3,662,630                   | 2,704,199                  | 958,431                          |
| 5             | Bihar                       | 15,820,816               | 5,704,252                   | 5,219,124                  | 485,128                          |
| 6             | Chandigarh                  | 638                      | 462                         | 457                        | 5                                |
| 7             | Chhattisgarh                | 3,840,178                | 2,148,392                   | 1,840,948                  | 307,444                          |
| 8             | Dadra And Nagar             | 14,206                   | 10,583                      | 10,396                     | 187                              |
| 9             | Daman And Diu               | 7,707                    | 3,604                       | 3,463                      | 141                              |
| 10            | Delhi                       | 18,393                   | 14,114                      | 12,479                     | 1,635                            |
| 11            | Goa                         | 55,228                   | 8,416                       | 7,230                      | 1,186                            |
| 12            | Gujarat                     | 5,155,643                | 5,073,302                   | 4,794,507                  | 278,795                          |
| 13            | Haryana                     | 1,522,833                | 1,640,254                   | 1,444,637                  | 195,617                          |
| 14            | Himachal                    | 946,038                  | 889,427                     | 858,987                    | 30,440                           |
| 15            | Jammu And                   | 1,330,169                | 1,019,135                   | 930,445                    | 88,690                           |
| 16            | Jharkhand                   | 2,556,434                | 1,763,497                   | 1,450,198                  | 313,299                          |
| 17            | Karnataka                   | 8,418,625                | 5,073,240                   | 4,898,221                  | 175,019                          |
| 18            | Kerala                      | 7,270,095                | 2,992,514                   | 2,750,046                  | 242,468                          |
| 19            | Lakshadweep                 | 9,746                    | 1,699                       | -                          | 1,699                            |
| 20            | Madhya Pradesh              | 10,008,342               | 6,590,987                   | 5,462,740                  | 1,128,247                        |
| 21            | Maharashtra                 | 13,987,297               | 9,352,385                   | 8,254,800                  | 1,097,585                        |
| 22            | Manipur                     | 140,084                  | 202,017                     | 133,820                    | 68,197                           |
| 23            | Meghalaya                   | 225,421                  | 76,974                      | 67,306                     | 9,668                            |
| 24            | Mizoram                     | 83,584                   | 79,374                      | 67,220                     | 12,154                           |
| 25            | Nagaland                    | 192,283                  | 183,208                     | 165,163                    | 18,045                           |
| 26            | Odisha                      | 4,684,277                | 3,792,317                   | 3,628,657                  | 163,660                          |
| 27            | Puducherry                  | 32,200                   | 9,740                       | 9,396                      | 344                              |
| 28            | Punjab                      | 1,043,429                | 2,370,077                   | 2,240,059                  | 130,018                          |
| 29            | Rajasthan                   | 7,605,792                | 6,249,993                   | 5,001,759                  | 1,248,234                        |
| 30            | Sikkim                      | 61,390                   | 11,760                      | 11                         | 11,749                           |
| 31            | Tamil Nadu                  | 7,319,773                | 3,691,576                   | 3,492,206                  | 199,370                          |
| 32            | Telangana                   | 5,856,015                | 3,614,832                   | 3,480,384                  | 134,448                          |
| 33            | Tripura                     | 535,813                  | 199,275                     | 193,127                    | 6,148                            |
| 34            | Uttar Pradesh               | 22,573,509               | 22,875,580                  | 18,575,157                 | 4,300,423                        |
| 35            | Uttarakhand                 | 809,613                  | 747,935                     | 695,402                    | 52,533                           |
| 36            | West Bengal                 | 6,814,061                | -                           | -                          | -                                |
| Grand Total : |                             | 140,000,000              | 95,577,679                  | 83,577,649                 | 12,000,030                       |

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