Lok Sabha Question No. 4337 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Payment to Ineligible Beneficiaries under PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4337

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2022

## PAYMENT TO INELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME

## 4337. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will  the  Minister  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare कृ ष  एवं  कसान  कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  'physical  verification  module'  has  been  launched  to  remove  ineligible individuals from the database for the PM-KISAN Scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government has  rolled out a  series of  steps as well  as  guidelines  to ensure tighter checks on disbursement of PM-KISAN funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to  enable  the  recovery  of  the amount disbursed to noneligible PM-KISAN beneficiaries; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  physical  verification  module  at  PM-KISAN  portal  contains  the  details  of  the beneficiaries to be verified by all the States/Districts/Block Users. This module has the list of beneficiaries, who have been paid the installments successfully and are selected randomly  (simple  random  sampling)  by  the  system.  The  reports  for  the  physical verifications exercises currently being undertaken are attached at Annexure 1.
- (b)  The  structure  of  the  Scheme  inherently  comprises  of  mechanism  for  exclusion  of errors on the basis of continuous verification and validation of data of beneficiaries by various authorities. At the first level, the data uploaded by States is verified by National

Informatics Centre (NIC) on PM-KISAN  portal. This verification envisages the completion  of  all  mandatory  fields  and  validation  w.r.t.  Columns  and  Rows  including numbering of digits for Aadhaar and Bank details. Data which fails verification at this level is  returned to States for rectification and fresh upload. The data is then sent for Aadhaar  authentication  for  which  the  services  of  UIDAI  are  utilized.  The  Aadhaar rejected records are made available on the portal for correction.

The second level verification is done by Public Finance Management System (PFMS) portal  in  association  with  banks  which  verifies  the  correctness  of  bank  details.  Data which fails at this level is also returned to States for further rectification and subsequent resubmission. All the rejected data post correction and validation is processed further.

The  States  are  then  requested  to  sign  the  Request  for  Transfer  (RFT)  for  their respective  States.    The  RFTs  are  signed  by  the  State  Nodal  Officers  (SNOs)  and uploaded on the portal.  This bulk data is again sent to PFMS for generation of Fund Transfer  Order  (FTO).    After  aforementioned  levels  of  verification  are  done,  Fund Transfer Order (FTO) is generated.

PM-KISAN  Portal  is  currently  integrated  with  UIDAI,  PFMS,  Income  tax  portal  and Pensioners  &  Employee  Record  for  validation/weeding  out  of  ineligible  beneficiaries, and NTRP portal for refund of amount by ineligible beneficiaries.

In  addition,  the  following  special  measures  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to ensure that the funds are not being misused and the scheme is properly implemented in order to benefit genuine farmers:

- (i) Standard Operational Guidelines for identification of Income Tax Payees have been prepared and circulated to the States.
- (ii) Caution Advisory to the States to adopt measures during the registration and verification of farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme.
- (iii) Standard  Operational  Guidelines  for  Physical  Verification  of  PM-KISAN beneficiaries have been circulated to the State Governments.
- (iv) States/UTs  have  been  instructed  to  carry  out  Social  audit  of  the  list  of beneficiaries in the Gram Sabha meeting.
- (v) It  has been decided that all payments from 01/04/2022 shall be Aadhaar based.
- (vi) States/UTs  have  been  instructed  to  undertake  e-KYC  verification  of  all PM-KISAN beneficiaries.
- (vii) Further, SOPs have been issued regarding recovery of funds transferred to ineligible beneficiaries.

(c)  &  (d)  Government  has  devised  and  issued  SOPs  to  States/UTs  for  recovery  of benefit  transferred  to  the  ineligible  beneficiaries.  Further,  the  beneficiary  marked ineligible  by  State/UT  or  found  ineligible  being  income  tax  payee  can  also  refund  the amount  in  GoI  account  through  Farmers'  Corner  on  the  PM-KISAN  portal.  For  this purpose, the PM-KISAN portal has been integrated with NTRP portal.

## Annexure-1/Page-1/2

| 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21     | 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21   | 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21   | 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21   | 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21   | 5% Physical Verification Report, 2020-21   |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| State                                        | Total                                      | Reported Eligible                          | Reported Ineligible/ Death                 | Verification Completed                     | Verification Pending                       |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 826                                        | 788                                        | 38                                         | 826                                        | -                                          |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 2,54,702                                   | 2,41,903                                   | 12,799                                     | 2,54,702                                   | -                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 3,357                                      | 2,584                                      | 78                                         | 2,662                                      | 695                                        |
| ASSAM                                        | 1,31,019                                   | 10,860                                     | 9,216                                      | 20,076                                     | 1,10,943                                   |
| BIHAR                                        | 3,13,660                                   | 2,67,070                                   | 14,161                                     | 2,81,231                                   | 32,429                                     |
| CHANDIGARH                                   | 21                                         | 21                                         | -                                          | 21                                         | -                                          |
| CHHATTISGARH                                 | 1,13,191                                   | 86,192                                     | 5,546                                      | 91,738                                     | 21,453                                     |
| DELHI                                        | 647                                        | 166                                        | 17                                         | 183                                        | 464                                        |
| GOA                                          | 425                                        | 379                                        | 38                                         | 417                                        | 8                                          |
| GUJARAT                                      | 2,56,007                                   | 1,33,933                                   | 5,727                                      | 1,39,660                                   | 1,16,347                                   |
| HARYANA                                      | 82,005                                     | 68,723                                     | 3,901                                      | 72,624                                     | 9,381                                      |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 44,060                                     | 41,595                                     | 2,349                                      | 43,944                                     | 116                                        |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 50,693                                     | 44,168                                     | 4,819                                      | 48,988                                     | 1,705                                      |
| JHARKHAND                                    | 81,169                                     | 51,364                                     | 9,026                                      | 60,390                                     | 20,779                                     |
| KARNATAKA                                    | 2,50,316                                   | 1,53,366                                   | 934                                        | 1,54,300                                   | 96,016                                     |
| KERALA                                       | 1,49,166                                   | 1,00,457                                   | 3,607                                      | 1,04,064                                   | 45,102                                     |
| LADAKH                                       | 706                                        | 661                                        | 5                                          | 666                                        | 40                                         |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 72                                         | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          | 72                                         |
| MADHYA PRADESH                               | 3,55,791                                   | 3,43,630                                   | 12,161                                     | 3,55,791                                   | -                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA                                  | 4,68,747                                   | 4,32,091                                   | 35,640                                     | 4,67,731                                   | 1,016                                      |
| MANIPUR                                      | 14,569                                     | 790                                        | 23                                         | 813                                        | 13,756                                     |
| MEGHALAYA                                    | 5,343                                      | 5,169                                      | 169                                        | 5,338                                      | 5                                          |
| MIZORAM                                      | 3,933                                      | 236                                        | 16                                         | 252                                        | 3,681                                      |
| NAGALAND                                     | 9,883                                      | 8,091                                      | 107                                        | 8,198                                      | 1,685                                      |
| ODISHA                                       | 1,80,880                                   | 1,57,334                                   | 3                                          | 1,57,337                                   | 23,543                                     |
| PUDUCHERRY                                   | 507                                        | 482                                        | 24                                         | 506                                        | 1                                          |
| PUNJAB                                       | 93,655                                     | 43,372                                     | 22,605                                     | 65,977                                     | 27,678                                     |
| RAJASTHAN                                    | 3,05,879                                   | 2,81,287                                   | 11,833                                     | 2,93,120                                   | 12,759                                     |
| SIKKIM                                       | 304                                        | 282                                        | 3                                          | 285                                        | 19                                         |
| TAMIL NADU                                   | 1,85,528                                   | 1,24,979                                   | 9,530                                      | 1,34,509                                   | 51,019                                     |
| TELANGANA                                    | 1,77,832                                   | 1,73,976                                   | 3,856                                      | 1,77,832                                   | -                                          |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 684                                        | 657                                        | 21                                         | 678                                        | 6                                          |
| TRIPURA                                      | 10,137                                     | 5,213                                      | 341                                        | 5,554                                      | 4,583                                      |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                | 10,74,207                                  | 10,31,329                                  | 42,873                                     | 10,74,205                                  | 2                                          |
| UTTARAKHAND                                  | 37,804                                     | 23,221                                     | 1,982                                      | 25,203                                     | 12,601                                     |
| Grand Total                                  | 46,57,725                                  | 38,36,369                                  | 2,13,448                                   | 40,49,821                                  | 6,07,904                                   |

## Annexure-1/Page-2/2

| 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22    | 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22   | 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22   | 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22   | 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22   | 10% Physical Verification Report, 2021-22   |
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                     | Total                                       | Reported Eligible                           | Reported Ineligible/ Death                  | Verification Completed                      | Verification Pending                        |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 1,493                                       | 1,424                                       | 69                                          | 1,493                                       | -                                           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 3,68,556                                    | 3,55,033                                    | 13,523                                      | 3,68,556                                    | -                                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 8,742                                       | 141                                         | 9                                           | 150                                         | 8,592                                       |
| ASSAM                                        | 1,02,393                                    | 14,235                                      | 9,556                                       | 23,791                                      | 78,602                                      |
| BIHAR                                        | 7,18,437                                    | 5,87,254                                    | 34,806                                      | 6,22,063                                    | 96,374                                      |
| CHHATTISGARH                                 | 2,30,910                                    | 1,51,908                                    | 17,627                                      | 1,69,535                                    | 61,375                                      |
| DELHI                                        | 1,073                                       | 17                                          | -                                           | 17                                          | 1,056                                       |
| GOA                                          | 756                                         | 197                                         | 12                                          | 209                                         | 547                                         |
| GUJARAT                                      | 5,15,142                                    | 1,52,924                                    | 4,515                                       | 1,57,439                                    | 3,57,703                                    |
| HARYANA                                      | 1,58,232                                    | 81,559                                      | 3,723                                       | 85,282                                      | 72,950                                      |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 84,724                                      | 78,892                                      | 3,271                                       | 82,163                                      | 2,561                                       |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 81,418                                      | 69,615                                      | 8,380                                       | 77,995                                      | 3,423                                       |
| JHARKHAND                                    | 1,27,021                                    | 83,662                                      | 10,516                                      | 94,178                                      | 32,843                                      |
| KARNATAKA                                    | 4,82,837                                    | 3,27,242                                    | 2,914                                       | 3,30,156                                    | 1,52,681                                    |
| KERALA                                       | 3,13,066                                    | 1,41,910                                    | 5,059                                       | 1,46,970                                    | 1,66,096                                    |
| LADAKH                                       | 1,578                                       | 1,283                                       | 7                                           | 1,290                                       | 288                                         |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 18                                          | -                                           | -                                           | -                                           | 18                                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH                               | 7,49,588                                    | 7,34,566                                    | 15,022                                      | 7,49,588                                    | -                                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                  | 8,56,793                                    | 91,978                                      | 4,591                                       | 96,569                                      | 7,60,224                                    |
| MANIPUR                                      | 25,100                                      | 146                                         | 3                                           | 149                                         | 24,951                                      |
| MEGHALAYA                                    | 17,076                                      | 9,878                                       | 296                                         | 10,174                                      | 6,902                                       |
| MIZORAM                                      | 8,266                                       | 360                                         | 7                                           | 367                                         | 7,899                                       |
| NAGALAND                                     | 16,209                                      | 8,865                                       | 143                                         | 9,008                                       | 7,201                                       |
| ODISHA                                       | 2,39,884                                    | 2,39,560                                    | -                                           | 2,39,560                                    | 324                                         |
| PUDUCHERRY                                   | 959                                         | 920                                         | 7                                           | 927                                         | 32                                          |
| PUNJAB                                       | 1,60,089                                    | 74,928                                      | 36,779                                      | 1,11,707                                    | 48,382                                      |
| RAJASTHAN                                    | 6,22,091                                    | 5,00,596                                    | 33,501                                      | 5,34,098                                    | 87,993                                      |
| SIKKIM                                       | 891                                         | 823                                         | 4                                           | 827                                         | 64                                          |
| TAMIL NADU                                   | 3,46,139                                    | 1,44,190                                    | 4,812                                       | 1,49,002                                    | 1,97,137                                    |
| TELANGANA                                    | 3,00,469                                    | 2,94,463                                    | 6,005                                       | 3,00,468                                    | 1                                           |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 911                                         | 907                                         | 4                                           | 911                                         | -                                           |
| TRIPURA                                      | 19,234                                      | 4,695                                       | 456                                         | 5,151                                       | 14,083                                      |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                | 19,86,773                                   | 19,21,773                                   | 64,957                                      | 19,86,773                                   | -                                           |
| UTTARAKHAND                                  | 77,316                                      | 30,290                                      | 1,491                                       | 31,781                                      | 45,535                                      |
| WEST BENGAL                                  | 70,192                                      | 68,152                                      | 2,040                                       | 70,192                                      | -                                           |
| Grand Total                                  | 86,94,376                                   | 61,74,386                                   | 2,84,105                                    | 64,58,539                                   | 22,35,837                                   |

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