Lok Sabha Question No. 1017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: PM-KISAN Beneficiaries in West Bengal
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1017

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## PM-KISAN BENEFICIARIES IN WEST BENGAL

1017. SHRI  ADHIKARI  DEEPAK(DEV):

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN)  Yojana  and  the number of Kisans who get the benefits of the said scheme  in February, 2019, Statewise;
- (b)  the  total  number of  farmers  who  get  the  benefit  of  the  said  Yojana  in  June,  2022 installment, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of beneficiaries in the State of West Bengal from February, 2019 to June, 2022?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme being implemented since 1st December, 2018.  The Scheme aims at providing financial assistance  to landholding  farmer  families across  the  country, subject to certain exclusion criteria,  to  enable  them  to  take  care  of  expenses  related  to  agriculture  and allied activities as well as domestic needs.  Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs. 6000/per year is transferred in three 4-monthly installments of Rs.2000/- directly into the bank accounts of the farmers.

States/UTs identify and verify the beneficiaries  under  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme. Beneficiaries are entitled to receive benefits of the Scheme from the 4-monthly period in which they are registered under the Scheme.  Benefits are transferred to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer mode on the basis of verified data received from  the  States/UTs  on  the  PM-KISAN  Portal.  To  help  the  States/UTs  for  automated validation  of  the  beneficiaries'  data,  PM-KISAN  portal  has  been  integrated  with  the portals  of  Unique  Identification  Authority  of  India  (UIDAI)  for  Aadhaar  authentication; with Public Finance Management System (PFMS) for validation of account and Central Government pensioners data; with Income Tax Department for validation of income tax payee status; and with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) for  validation of Aadhaar based payments. Details of number of Kisans who got benefits of the scheme during the period December, 2018 to March, 2019, State-wise is placed at Annexure I.

- (b) The total number of farmers who got the benefit of the said Yojana during  the period April to July 2022, State-wise is also placed at Annexure I.

(c)  The  State  of  West  Bengal  on  boarded  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme  from  8 th   period onwards. The details of beneficiaries in the State of West Bengal from February, 2019 to June, 2022 is placed at Annexure II.

## Details of beneficiaries under PM-KISAN Scheme during the period December 2018-March 2019 and April 2022-July 2022

| Sr. NO.   | State                                 | 2018-19 1st Period (Dec 18-March 19)   | 2022-2023 11th Period (April-July 22)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS           | 10,107                                 | 14,952                                  |
| 2         | ANDHRAPRADESH                         | 33,16,854                              | 44,00,538                               |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                     | 1,815                                  | 94,565                                  |
| 4         | ASSAM                                 | 11,55,390                              | 6,90,096                                |
| 5         | BIHAR                                 | 2,50,811                               | 83,05,227                               |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                            | 49                                     | 5                                       |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH                          | 1,13,035                               | 27,27,726                               |
| 8         | DELHI                                 | -                                      | 14,882                                  |
| 9         | GOA                                   | 2,439                                  | 8,541                                   |
| 10        | GUJARAT                               | 28,58,911                              | 58,74,348                               |
| 11        | HARYANA                               | 9,66,435                               | 18,41,201                               |
| 12        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                      | 4,57,027                               | 9,42,080                                |
| 13        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                     | 4,57,859                               | 10,92,353                               |
| 14        | JHARKHAND                             | 5,63,552                               | 22,25,373                               |
| 15        | KARNATAKA                             | 19,872                                 | 49,20,221                               |
| 16        | KERALA                                | 9,57,969                               | 34,61,911                               |
| 17        | LADAKH                                | 7,144                                  | 17,310                                  |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP                           | -                                      | -                                       |
| 19        | MADHYAPRADESH                         | 9,288                                  | 83,46,911                               |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA                           | 21,84,063                              | 1,01,25,979                             |
| 21        | MANIPUR                               | 31,350                                 | 3,64,817                                |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                             | 9,307                                  | 33,087                                  |
| 23        | MIZORAM                               | 27,075                                 | 86,498                                  |
| 24        | NAGALAND                              | 32,301                                 | 1,82,479                                |
| 25        | ODISHA                                | 9,73,860                               | 33,10,618                               |
| 26        | PUDUCHERRY                            | 4,264                                  | 10,157                                  |
| 27        | PUNJAB                                | 11,81,102                              | 16,96,355                               |
| 28        | RAJASTHAN                             | 64,972                                 | 71,10,891                               |
| 29        | SIKKIM                                | -                                      | 9,486                                   |
| 30        | TAMIL NADU                            | 21,61,247                              | 31,92,733                               |
| 31        | TELANGANA                             | 20,27,850                              | 35,53,279                               |
| 32        | THEDADRAANDNAGAR HAVELIANDDAMANANDDIU | 7,580                                  | 12,737                                  |
| 33        | TRIPURA                               | 1,51,863                               | 2,33,191                                |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH                         | 1,11,93,600                            | 2,40,91,647                             |
| 35        | UTTARAKHAND                           | 4,15,378                               | 8,89,304                                |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL                           | -                                      | 46,78,407                               |
|           | Total                                 | 3,16,14,369                            | 10,45,59,905                            |

## Details of beneficiaries under PM-KISAN Scheme in the State of West Bengal during the period Dec 2018-March 2019 to April 2022-July 2022

|         |             | 2018-19                       | 2019-2020                   | 2019-2020               | 2019-2020                    | 2020-2021                   | 2020-2021               | 2020-2021                    | 2021-2022                  | 2021-2022               | 2021-2022                      | 2022-23                     |
|---------|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr. NO. | State       | 1st Period (Dec 18- March 19) | 2nd Period (April- July 19) | 3rd Period (Aug-Nov 19) | 4th Period (Dec 19- Mach 20) | 5th period (April- July 20) | 6th Period (Aug-Nov 20) | 7th Period (Dec 20- Mach 21) | 8th Period (April-July 21) | 9th Period (Aug-Nov 21) | 10th Period (Dec 21- March 22) | 11th Period (April-July 22) |
| 1       | WEST BENGAL | -                             | -                           | -                       | -                            | -                           | -                       | -                            | 20,29,595                  | 35,84,688               | 46,28,605                      | 46,78,407                   |

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## Annexure-II