Lok Sabha Question No. 485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Eligibility for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JUNE, 2019

## ELIGIBILITY FOR PM KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI SCHEME

485. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI RAVINDRA SHYAM NARAYAN SHUKLA:

ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

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

- (a) the details of the eligibility criteria set for the farmers to avail benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN) scheme;
- (b) the number of people who availed assistance under PM KISAN scheme so far, the details thereof, State-wise including Chatra, Latehar and Palamu districts of Jharkhand and the districts of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) the efforts being made by the Government to implement the said scheme in the States where it has not been implemented?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

- (a): All  landholder farmers' families in the country are eligible for the PM-Kisan Scheme, except those covered under the following exclusion criteria:
- (I) All Institutional Land holders; and
- (II) Farmer  families  in  which  one  or  more  of  its  members  belong  to  following categories :
- i) Former and present holders of constitutional posts
- ii)  Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present  Members of Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils,former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.

- iii) All serving or retired officers and employees of Central/ State Government Ministries /Offices/Departments and its field units Central or State PSEs and Attached offices /Autonomous  Institutions  under  Government  as  well  as  regular  employees  of  the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees)
- iv)  All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees)
- v)  All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year.
- vi)  Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects  registered  with  Professional  bodies  and  carrying  out  profession  by undertaking practices.

(b): Till  date,  3,33,14,898  and  2,89,59,068  farmers'  families  have  availed  1 st and  2 nd installments respectively under the PM-Kisan Scheme. A Statement showing State/UT-wise number  of  beneficiaries  who  have  received  the  financial  benefits  under  the  Scheme, including the beneficiaries of Jharkhand is enclosed at Annexure-I . A Statement showing beneficiary details of Chatra, Latehar and Palamu districts of Jharkhand and the districts of Uttar Pradesh is enclosed at Annexure-II.

(c): The  Government  has  been  conducting  regular  meetings  with  all  the  State  /  UT Governments, including those who have not on-boarded the scheme so far, through Video Conferencing, physical meetings, physical communications as well as e-mails, at frequent intervals  several  times  during  a  month,  exhorting  them  to  expeditiously  upload  data  of farmers  on  the  PM-Kisan  Portal  to  enable  it  to  release  the  benefits  to  the  beneficiary farmers.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (b)  OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 25.06.2019

| States                      | First installment Payment (No. of beneficiaries)   | First installment Payment (Amount) (In Rupees)   | Second installment Payment (No. of beneficiaries)   | Second installment Payment (Amount) (In Rupees)   |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10,004                                             | 20,008,000                                       |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 3,443,116                                          | 6,886,232,000                                    | 3,126,852                                           | 6,253,704,000                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                                                  | 0                                                |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Assam                       | 1,119,983                                          | 2,239,966,000                                    | 1,029,438                                           | 2,058,876,000                                     |
| Bihar                       | 231,873                                            | 463,746,000                                      | 219,136                                             | 438,272,000                                       |
| Chandigarh                  | 13                                                 | 26,000                                           |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                | 111,898                                            | 223,796,000                                      | 109,434                                             | 218,868,000                                       |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 5,322                                              | 10,644,000                                       |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Daman and Diu               | 2,119                                              | 4,238,000                                        |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Delhi                       | 0                                                  | 0                                                |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Goa                         | 2,385                                              | 4,770,000                                        | 2,336                                               | 4,672,000                                         |
| Gujarat                     | 2,832,336                                          | 5,664,672,000                                    | 2,821,569                                           | 5,643,138,000                                     |
| Haryana                     | 942,052                                            | 1,884,104,000                                    | 935,929                                             | 1,871,858,000                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 474,763                                            | 949,526,000                                      | 438,256                                             | 876,512,000                                       |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 497,204                                            | 994,408,000                                      | 459,593                                             | 919,186,000                                       |
| Jharkhand                   | 470,307                                            | 940,614,000                                      |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Karnataka                   | 320,721                                            | 641,442,000                                      | 231,847                                             | 463,694,000                                       |
| Kerala                      | 935,786                                            | 1,871,572,000                                    | 931,661                                             | 1,863,322,000                                     |
| Lakshdweep                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 9,304                                              | 18,608,000                                       |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Maharashtra                 | 2,129,137                                          | 4,258,274,000                                    | 1,418,119                                           | 2,836,238,000                                     |
| Manipur                     | 7,276                                              | 14,552,000                                       |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Meghalaya                   | 76                                                 | 152,000                                          |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Mizoram                     | 24,410                                             | 48,820,000                                       | 11,931                                              | 23,862,000                                        |
| Nagaland                    | 33,554                                             | 67,108,000                                       | 30,459                                              | 60,918,000                                        |
| Odisha                      | 962,115                                            | 1,924,230,000                                    | 799,293                                             | 1,598,586,000                                     |
| Puducherry                  | 4,200                                              | 8,400,000                                        |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Punjab                      | 1,275,440                                          | 2,550,880,000                                    | 1,144,648                                           | 2,289,296,000                                     |
| Rajasthan                   | 1,493,023                                          | 2,986,046,000                                    |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Sikkim                      |                                                    | 0                                                |                                                     | 0                                                 |
| Tamilnadu                   | 2,148,504                                          | 4,297,008,000                                    | 2,063,192                                           | 4,126,384,000                                     |
| Telangana                   | 2,110,887                                          | 4,221,774,000                                    | 1,858,210                                           | 3,716,420,000                                     |
| Tripura                     | 151,095                                            | 302,190,000                                      | 151,064                                             | 302,128,000                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 11,169,349                                         | 22,338,698,000                                   | 10,848,667                                          | 21,697,334,000                                    |
| Uttarakhand                 | 396,646                                            | 793,292,000                                      | 327,434                                             | 654,868,000                                       |
| West Bengal                 | 0                                                  | 0                                                | 0                                                   | 0                                                 |
| Total                       | 33,314,898                                         | 66,629,796,000                                   | 28,959,068                                          | 57,918,136,000                                    |

ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (b)  OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 25.06.2019

| Jharkhand                        |                                                     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| District                         | Number of beneficiaries Installment 2nd Installment | Number of beneficiaries Installment 2nd Installment |
| CHATRA LATEHAR                   | 36951                                               | 27213                                               |
|                                  | 18147                                               | 12871                                               |
| PALAMU                           | 28717                                               | 16252                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                       |
| District                         | Number of beneficiaries 1st Installment 2nd         | Installment                                         |
| AGRA                             | 191802 156255                                       | 188556                                              |
| ALIGARH                          |                                                     | 153476                                              |
| ALLAHABAD AMBEDKAR NAGAR         | 223977                                              | 214077 121335                                       |
| Amethi                           | 129896 140831                                       | 135729                                              |
| AMROHA                           | 99470                                               | 97928                                               |
| AURAIYA                          | 81864                                               | 80414                                               |
| AZAMGARH                         | 306027                                              | 294875                                              |
| BAGHPAT                          | 58107                                               | 53175                                               |
| BAHRAICH                         | 232303                                              | 228383                                              |
| BALLIA                           | 125053                                              | 120474                                              |
| BALRAMPUR                        | 148627                                              | 145805                                              |
| BANDA                            | 93875                                               | 91593                                               |
| BARABANKI                        | 196028                                              | 192063                                              |
| BAREILLY BASTI                   | 206699                                              | 195007                                              |
| BHADOHI                          | 171837 77156                                        | 170501 74551                                        |
|                                  |                                                     | 176451                                              |
| BIJNOR BUDAUN                    | 182561 187893                                       | 183689                                              |
| BULANDSHAHR                      | 190171                                              | 186082                                              |
| CHANDAULI                        | 96561                                               | 94366 77703                                         |
| CHITRAKOOT                       | 79084                                               |                                                     |
| DEORIA                           | 209955                                              | 205563                                              |
| ETAH ETAWAH                      | 124604                                              | 122253 113039                                       |
|                                  | 116948 163651                                       | 157236                                              |
| FAIZABAD FARRUKHABAD FATEHPUR    | 105911                                              | 103741                                              |
| FIROZABAD                        | 110667                                              | 102292 126900                                       |
| GAUTAM BUDDHA                    | 129560                                              | 24963                                               |
| NAGAR GHAZIABAD                  | 25401 31918                                         | 30390                                               |
| GHAZIPUR                         | 225590                                              | 220264                                              |
|                                  |                                                     | 253140                                              |
| GONDA GORAKHPUR                  | 258106 158461                                       | 155488                                              |
| HAMIRPUR                         | 97636                                               | 93732 59778                                         |
|                                  | 62009                                               |                                                     |
| HAPUR HARDOI                     | 346187                                              | 339542 83841                                        |
| JALAUN                           | 86778                                               | 93003                                               |
| HATHRAS                          | 94829                                               |                                                     |
| JAUNPUR                          | 275841                                              | 267233                                              |
| JHANSI                           | 108894                                              | 107780                                              |
| KANNAUJ KANPUR DEHAT             | 104843 144162                                       | 100102 136669                                       |
| KANPUR NAGAR                     | 141802                                              | 136826 99988                                        |
| Kasganj KAUSHAMBI                | 102541 126090                                       | 120453                                              |
| KHERI                            | 309855                                              | 304886                                              |
| KUSHI                            | 212893                                              | 209558                                              |
| NAGAR LALITPUR                   | 98479                                               | 97549                                               |
| LUCKNOW                          | 106106                                              | 103489                                              |
| MAHARAJGANJ                      | 182661                                              | 178085                                              |
| MAHOBA                           | 50652 141192                                        | 49837 137764                                        |
| MAINPURI                         | 119624                                              | 116356                                              |
| MATHURA                          | 99832                                               |                                                     |
| MAU                              | 81937                                               | 98048 76410                                         |
| MEERUT                           |                                                     | 180367                                              |
| MIRZAPUR                         | 185517                                              |                                                     |
| MORADABAD MUZAFFARNAGAR PILIBHIT | 148212 111220                                       | 146879 106811 127425                                |
| PRATAPGARH RAE BARELI            | 132152 250688                                       | 240764 256501                                       |
| RAMPUR                           | 263269 125837                                       | 122070 159101                                       |
| SAHARANPUR                       | 164487                                              | 122757                                              |
| SAMBHAL                          | 123988                                              | 89273                                               |
| SANT KABEER NAGAR SHAHJAHANPUR   | 91291 225158                                        | 218700                                              |
| SHAMLI                           | 30941                                               | 30259 71443                                         |
| SHRAVASTI                        | 72930 130667                                        | 127236                                              |
| SIDDHARTH NAGAR                  | 335365                                              | 324534                                              |
| SITAPUR                          | 113275                                              | 110458                                              |
| SONBHADRA                        | 189969                                              | 179227                                              |
| SULTANPUR                        | 252523                                              | 244667                                              |
| UNNAO                            |                                                     |                                                     |
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| VARANASI                         |                                                     | 87762                                               |