Lok Sabha Question No. 2580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Misuse of PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: A.K.P. Chinraj

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2580

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 th  DECEMBER ,2021

## MISUSE OF PM-KISAN SCHEME

2580.  SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ:

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

- (a) the  number of arrests made in Tamil Nadu for misuse of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana, including details of officials, if any;
- (b)     the number of criminal cases registered in this regard and those which have gone on trial;
- (c)     whether only contractual workers were arrested in the above instances and not the officers;
- (d)        if  so,  the  reasons  for  the  lack  of  action  against  district-level  officials  who  were found complicit in the misuse PM-KISAN Yojana in the State; and
- (e)     the details of the amount of money recovered in the matter, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As on 08.12.2021, a total of 123 persons have been arrested for the misuse of credentials of block/district officials to approve the application of ineligible farmers under PM-KISAN Scheme. Out of which a total of 8 officials from Agriculture Department of Tamil Nadu have also been arrested including one official from Tiruvallur district, three officials from Vellore district, three officials from Villupuram district and one from Salem district.

- (b): The  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  has  filed  FIR  in  16  districts  under  provisions made in Section 409, 120, 468, 171 of IPC and Section 43 & 66 of IT Act. However, the

enquiry conducted by Tamil Nadu Government is under process and the trial has not yet started.

- (c) & (d): Some district officials have also been arrested along with the contractual workers. The number of such arrested officials and workers is given below:
- (e): The Government of Tamil Nadu has recovered Rs. 182.80 crore from ineligible beneficiaries including the recovery from income tax payees under PM-KISAN Scheme out of which Rs. 180 crore has been received in the Government of India account.

| S.No.   | Nature of Employment   |   Number of employees |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1       | Government Officials   |                     8 |
| 2       | Contractual Employees  |                    40 |
| 3       | Computer Centre Owners |                    23 |
| 4       | Brokers/Individuals    |                    52 |
|         | Total                  |                   123 |

The  district-wise details of amount  recovered  from  ineligible beneficiaries including the income tax payees in Tamil Nadu under PM-KISAN Scheme have been placed at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I

The  district-wise details of amount  recovered  from  ineligible beneficiaries including the income tax payees in Tamil Nadu under PM-KISAN Scheme as on 09.12.2021

|   S.No | District       |   Total amount recovered from ineligible beneficiaries including income tax payees (in Cr. Rs.) |
|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Ariyalur       |                                                                                          1.3868 |
|      2 | Chennai        |                                                                                          3.5437 |
|      3 | Coimbatore     |                                                                                          1.5522 |
|      4 | Cuddalore      |                                                                                         13.7319 |
|      5 | Dharmapuri     |                                                                                          6.0376 |
|      6 | Dindigul       |                                                                                          2.3503 |
|      7 | Erode          |                                                                                          1.4034 |
|      8 | Kancheepuram   |                                                                                          1.699  |
|      9 | Chengalpet     |                                                                                          2.6192 |
|     10 | Kanniyakumari  |                                                                                          0.8111 |
|     11 | Karur          |                                                                                          1.4664 |
|     12 | Krishnagiri    |                                                                                          3.1425 |
|     13 | Madurai        |                                                                                          4.4195 |
|     14 | Nagappattinam  |                                                                                          2.3447 |
|     15 | Namakkal       |                                                                                          1.9821 |
|     16 | Perambalur     |                                                                                          1.3027 |
|     17 | Pudukkottai    |                                                                                          3.5791 |
|     18 | Ramanathapuram |                                                                                          2.3439 |
|     19 | Salem          |                                                                                          7.2691 |
|     20 | Sivaganga      |                                                                                          1.4053 |
|     21 | Thanjavur      |                                                                                          2.5675 |
|     22 | The Nilgiris   |                                                                                          0.5628 |
|     23 | Theni          |                                                                                          0.8493 |
|     24 | Thiruvallur    |                                                                                          2.6229 |
|     25 | Thiruvarur     |                                                                                          1.2673 |
|     26 | Trichy         |                                                                                          4.9159 |

| 27   | Tirunelveli    |   0.8707 |
|------|----------------|----------|
| 28   | Tenkasi        |   0.7666 |
| 29   | Tiruppur       |   1.6047 |
| 30   | Tiruvannamalai |  14.2785 |
| 31   | Thoothukudi    |   1.2815 |
| 32   | Vellore        |   1.7658 |
| 33   | Ranipet        |   1.7342 |
| 34   | Thirupathur    |   1.1923 |
| 35   | Villupuram     |  30.8739 |
| 36   | Kallakurichi   |  49.642  |
| 37   | Virudhunagar   |   1.6175 |
|      | Grand Total    | 182.804  |

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