Lok Sabha Question No. 338 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 338

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI YOJANA

- *338.     SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  take  any  concrete  steps  to  implement  the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana all over the country as some of the States like West Bengal haven't implemented the said scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  manner  in  which  the  Ministry  ensures  whether  the  farmers  have  received  the benefits under the said scheme or not?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 338   DUE FOR REPLY ON 17 TH     MARCH, 2020.

(a) & (b):    The PM-KISAN Scheme has been successfully implemented across the country. So  far,  as  on  11.3.2020,  financial  benefit  under  the  scheme  has  been  released  to 8,69,79,391 beneficiaries. However, these exclude about 69 lakh farmers of West Bengal as Government of West Bengal has not yet decided to join the scheme.

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  State  Governments  have  been  continuously  requested  and  vigorously pursued for expeditious registration and uploading of data of beneficiaries, in mission mode and  by  organizing  camps.  Meeting  is  held  weekly  through  Video  Conferencing  with  State Governments and other concerned stakeholders so as to remove any handicaps coming in the way of smooth and seamless implementation of the scheme. The target of Government is to  achieve  100%  saturation  by  enrolling  every  eligible  farmer  family  of  the  country.  To achieve this, the States/UTs have been asked to conduct various saturation drives. On the advice  of  the  Union  Government,  the  States  have  been  organizing  publicity/awareness camps to ensure expeditious registration of beneficiaries.

Further,  to  achieve  100%  saturation,  a  special  facility  has  been  provided  to  the farmers in the PM-Kisan portal, namely, 'Farmers Corner'. Through this facility, the farmers can also do their self-registration through the Farmers Corner. 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 above 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. The APP provides the facilities available through Farmers Corner.

Government of West Bengal has also been repeatedly requested to join the scheme so as to enable the farmers of the State to avail the benefits of the Scheme.

(c): Financial benefits under the Scheme are transferred from the PM-KISAN budgetary Head of Account of Government directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiary farmers. Every  such  transaction  is  secured  and  validated  by  a  host  of  agencies  involved  in  the process, namely, the concerned State / UT Government,  National Informatics Centre (NIC), Public Finance Management System (PFMS), National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), Sponsored Banks of the State Governments in each State/UT for PM-KISAN and destination banks having accounts of the beneficiaries. The success of every transaction is confirmed by the destination banks through NPCI.

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