Lok Sabha Question No. 1488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Farmers under PM Kisan Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Seth, Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1488

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## FARMERS UNDER PM KISAN SCHEME

1488.  SHRI SANJAY SETH: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY: SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

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

- (a) the number of farmers eligible for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, district-wise;
- (b) the details of farmers who have been benefited under the scheme as on date along with the total amount provided to them;
- (c) whether it is a fact that several farmers eligible for the scheme are still deprived of the benefits of the scheme due to lapse on the part of the State Governments concerned; and
- (d) if so, the details of the policies and plans of the Government to provide benefits of the scheme to such farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The  estimated  number  of  landholdings  based  on  the  Agri  Census-2015-16  data  in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, are approximately 83,90,136 and 25,55,726 respectively. Eligibility of farmers to join the PM-Kisan Scheme is determined by the respective State/UT Governments  on  the  basis  of  Operational  Guidelines  of  the  Scheme.  The  District  wise information is at annexure-1.
- (b): 8,44,72,629 farmers have been benefitted under the Scheme as on 06-02-2020 and payments of Rs. 50,522.2 Crore have been made to them in various installments.
- (c) & (d): Registration  of  farmers  for  this  scheme  and  subsequent  installment-wise transfer of benefits to them is a continuous and ongoing process. The transfer of benefits to the identified eligible beneficiaries takes place as and when their correct and verified data are uploaded by the concerned State / UT Governments on PM-Kisan web-portal www.pmkisan.gov.in.

The  data  of  beneficiaries      uploaded  by  the  State  /  UT  Governments  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. This entire process is replicated for transfer of every installment.

The  reasons  for  non-payment  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.

On the advice of the Union Government, the States have organized Publicity/Awareness Camps to ensure expeditious Aadhaar authentication of the data of the beneficiaries along with new registrations and correction of already registered data.

| District-Wise approximate number of Landholdings In Andhra Pradesh (as per Agri Census 2015-16)   | District-Wise approximate number of Landholdings In Andhra Pradesh (as per Agri Census 2015-16)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District Name                                                                                     | Number of Farmers                                                                                 |
| NELLORE                                                                                           | 544,860                                                                                           |
| KURNOOL                                                                                           | 707,346                                                                                           |
| CHITTOOR                                                                                          | 700,607                                                                                           |
| WEST GODAVARI                                                                                     | 605,293                                                                                           |
| EAST GODAVARI                                                                                     | 772,317                                                                                           |
| VISAKHAPATNAM                                                                                     | 544,423                                                                                           |
| KADAPA                                                                                            | 475,104                                                                                           |
| PRAKASAM                                                                                          | 704,320                                                                                           |
| KRISHNA                                                                                           | 619,686                                                                                           |
| VIZIANAGARAM                                                                                      | 495,069                                                                                           |
| GUNTUR                                                                                            | 830,507                                                                                           |
| SRIKAKULAM                                                                                        | 651,077                                                                                           |
| ANANTAPUR                                                                                         | 739,526                                                                                           |
| Total                                                                                             | 8,390,136                                                                                         |

| District-Wise approximate number of Landholdings In Jharkhand (as per Agri Census 2015-16)   | District-Wise approximate number of Landholdings In Jharkhand (as per Agri Census 2015-16)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District Name                                                                                | Number of Farmers                                                                            |
| SIMDEGA                                                                                      | 55,346                                                                                       |
| GIRIDIH                                                                                      | 256,003                                                                                      |
| SAHEBGANJ                                                                                    | 92,699                                                                                       |
| SARAIKELA-KHARSAWA                                                                           | 137,944                                                                                      |
| DALTANGANJ (PALAMU)                                                                          | 292,273                                                                                      |
| GARWAH                                                                                       | 188,757                                                                                      |
| EAST SINGHBHUM (PURBA SINGBHUM)                                                              | 166,552                                                                                      |
| GODDA                                                                                        | 70,179                                                                                       |
| CHAIBASA (WEST SINGBHUM)                                                                     | 116,390                                                                                      |
| PAKUR                                                                                        | 126,034                                                                                      |
| GUMLA                                                                                        | 127,150                                                                                      |
| HAZARIBAGH                                                                                   | 132,861                                                                                      |
| DHANBAD                                                                                      | 48,919                                                                                       |
| RANCHI                                                                                       | 161,686                                                                                      |
| CHATRA                                                                                       | 115,108                                                                                      |
| DEOGHAR                                                                                      | 85,967                                                                                       |
| LATEHAR                                                                                      | 64,294                                                                                       |
| KHUNTI                                                                                       | 53,282                                                                                       |
| RAMGARH                                                                                      | 23,636                                                                                       |
| LOHARDAGA                                                                                    | 37,137                                                                                       |
| DUMKA                                                                                        | 84,545                                                                                       |
| BOKARO                                                                                       | 61,320                                                                                       |
| JAMTARA                                                                                      | 44,540                                                                                       |
| KODERMA                                                                                      | 13,103                                                                                       |
| Total                                                                                        | 2,555,726                                                                                    |

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