Lok Sabha Question No. 143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Ineligible PM-KISAN Payments
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Dushyant Singh, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

O.I.H.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.143

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## INELIGIBLE PM-KISAN PAYMENTS

143.   SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

- (a) the  amount  of  funds  disbursed  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PMKISAN) Scheme along with the number of beneficiaries of the Scheme, State-wise;
- (b) whether undeserving beneficiaries have received payment from PM-KISAN transfers and these categories are 'ineligible farmers' and 'income-tax payee farmers', while eligible farmers have been left out;
- (c) if  so,  the  reasons  for  such  disbursal  of  funds  along  with  the  details  of  the  amount disbursed to such beneficiaries;
- (d) the  States  to  which  such  ineligible  beneficiaries  belong  along  with  the  number  of details of the number of beneficiaries in such a state;
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  rescind  such  a  transfer  and  the  amount  of money that has been recovered by the Government; and
- (f) the  number  of  farmers  of  Katihar  Parliamentary  constituency  in  Bihar,  Pratapgarh Parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh  and  Wardha,  Amravati  and  Nagpur  of Maharashtra  benefited  under  the  Scheme  and  the  number  of  people  still  deprived  of  the benefits of this scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): The  amount  of  funds  disbursed  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PMKISAN) Scheme along with  the  number  of  beneficiaries  of  the  Scheme,  State-wise  as  on 22.01.2021 is placed at Annexure-I .

(b) to (e): During the verification process, if it was found that an amount of Rs.2326.8846 crore was transferred to 40,48,049 ineligible beneficiaries including income tax payees.The state-wise  list  of  such  beneficiaries  along  with  the  amount  transferred  to  them  and  the amount recovered is enclosed at Annexure-2 . The list was also sent to the respective State Governments  for  rectification.  The  Union  Government  has  issued  a  Standard  Operation Guideline to identify such underserving beneficiary and recover amount from them.

(f): The  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  Scheme  from  the  Districts  of  Katihar, Pratapgarh, Warda, Amravati and Nagpur are given below:

| Katihar District , Bihar-            | 1,84,505   |
|--------------------------------------|------------|
| Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh - | 5,28,447   |
| Wardha District, Maharashtra -       | 1,55,227   |
| Amravati District, Maharashtra -     | 3,23,080   |
| Nagpur District, Maharashtra -       | 2,00,507   |

The  eligible  beneficiaries  are  not  deprived  of  the  benefits  of  PM-KISAN  as  it  is  a continuous  and  ongoing  Scheme,  and  as  and  when  data  of  the  eligible  beneficiaries  are received from the States, the requisite amount is transferred to the account of beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer.

## AnnexureI

## State-wise details of funds disbursed under PM-KISAN Scheme

| States                                       | No. of Beneficiaries   | Total Amount (All installments)   |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 16,806                 | 21,58,56,000                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                               | 53,36,653              | 61,01,43,08,000                   |
| Bihar                                        | 77,59,965              | 75,47,08,92,000                   |
| Chandigarh                                   | 424                    | 52,98,000                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                 | 30,03,570              | 27,52,05,64,000                   |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                       | 10,715                 | 9,23,38,000                       |
| Daman and Diu                                | 3,692                  | 3,26,98,000                       |
| Delhi                                        | 14,781                 | 15,60,46,000                      |
| Goa                                          | 10,260                 | 10,29,10,000                      |
| Gujarat                                      | 57,87,275              | 67,37,90,16,000                   |
| Haryana                                      | 18,99,862              | 22,46,29,70,000                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                             | 9,30,624               | 11,64,14,72,000                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir                            | 11,40,888              | 13,48,92,56,000                   |
| Jharkhand                                    | 25,50,499              | 20,14,98,78,000                   |
| Karnataka                                    | 53,96,762              | 58,29,40,22,000                   |
| Kerala                                       | 35,98,038              | 42,55,23,82,000                   |
| Ladakh                                       | 54                     | 5,49,36,000                       |
| Lakshdweep                                   | 1,793                  | 95,32,000                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 82,40,343              | 82,29,64,50,000                   |
| Maharashtra                                  | 1,09,73,713            | 1,19,29,39,86,000                 |
| Odisha                                       | 37,19,168              | 32,74,33,88,000                   |
| Puducherry                                   | 10,959                 | 13,31,12,000                      |
| Punjab                                       | 23,33,597              | 26,73,26,56,000                   |
| Rajasthan                                    | 70,43,253              | 75,40,12,36,000                   |
| Tamilnadu                                    | 45,54,247              | 51,41,65,60,000                   |
| Telangana                                    | 38,37,902              | 47,28,64,30,000                   |
| The Dadra and Nagra Haveli and Daman and Diu | 105                    | 3,78,12,000                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                                | 2,43,00,292            | 2,71,35,65,40,000                 |
| Uttarakhand                                  | 8,77,942               | 10,28,20,76,000                   |
| West Bengal                                  | -                      | -                                 |
| Total (1)                                    | 10,33,54,182           | 11,17,62,46,20,000                |
| NORTH EAST STATES                            |                        |                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            | 93,204                 | 84,77,66,000                      |
| Assam                                        | 27,18,605              | 22,72,09,36,000                   |
| Manipur                                      | 4,97,594               | 3,27,93,10,000                    |
| Meghalaya                                    | 1,81,218               | 1,52,07,14,000                    |
| Mizoram                                      | 1,47,329               | 1,25,27,88,000                    |
| Nagaland                                     | 2,06,111               | 2,18,59,36,000                    |
| Sikkim                                       | 6,201                  | 6,02,10,000                       |
| Tripura                                      | 2,27,537               | 2,72,53,54,000                    |
| Total (2)                                    | 40,77,799              | 34,59,30,14,000                   |
| Grand Total (1+2)                            | 10,74,31,981           | 11,52,21,76,34,000                |

## ANNEXURE - II

| State                                        |   Total Ineligible Farmers |   Total Amount Disbursed to Ineligible Beneficiaries (in Rs) |   Total Amount Recovered (in Rs) |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  |                        194 |                                                      1820000 |                                0 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                               |                      89074 |                                                    578426000 |                             8000 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            |                         67 |                                                       556000 |                                0 |
| ASSAM                                        |                     581652 |                                                   3772064000 |                             4000 |
| BIHAR                                        |                      38783 |                                                    342514000 |                            70000 |
| CHANDIGARH                                   |                         30 |                                                       328000 |                                0 |
| CHHATTISGARH                                 |                      45648 |                                                    285540000 |                            56000 |
| DELHI                                        |                        664 |                                                      6130000 |                                0 |
| GOA                                          |                        747 |                                                      5698000 |                                0 |
| GUJARAT                                      |                     210490 |                                                   2018020000 |                         63068000 |
| HARYANA                                      |                      34823 |                                                    364722000 |                           102000 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                             |                      12544 |                                                    133482000 |                         24188000 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            |                      13022 |                                                    116352000 |                            16000 |
| JHARKHAND                                    |                      13901 |                                                    109228000 |                             2000 |
| KARNATAKA                                    |                      85420 |                                                    785752000 |                          2814000 |
| KERALA                                       |                      16481 |                                                    172696000 |                           874000 |
| LADAKH                                       |                         13 |                                                       106000 |                                0 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                  |                          3 |                                                        16000 |                                0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH                               |                     204437 |                                                   1517278000 |                         56538000 |
| MAHARASHTRA                                  |                     355443 |                                                   2994958000 |                        575084000 |
| MANIPUR                                      |                       1362 |                                                      6000000 |                                0 |
| MEGHALAYA                                    |                         27 |                                                       152000 |                                0 |
| MIZORAM                                      |                        361 |                                                      1188000 |                                0 |
| NAGALAND                                     |                        453 |                                                      3756000 |                                0 |
| ODISHA                                       |                       8790 |                                                     46800000 |                                0 |
| PUDUCHERRY                                   |                        296 |                                                      3098000 |                                0 |
| PUNJAB                                       |                     469978 |                                                   3458486000 |                           132000 |
| RAJASTHAN                                    |                     132663 |                                                    910058000 |                          8200000 |
| SIKKIM                                       |                          1 |                                                        10000 |                                0 |
| TAMIL NADU                                   |                     696989 |                                                   3213198000 |                       1585704000 |
| TELANGANA                                    |                      84568 |                                                    569502000 |                             6000 |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU |                        591 |                                                      4848000 |                                0 |
| TRIPURA                                      |                        767 |                                                      8336000 |                                0 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                |                     178398 |                                                   1714788000 |                                0 |
| UTTARAKHAND                                  |                      12472 |                                                    122940000 |                           794000 |
| WEST BENGAL                                  |                          0 |                                                            0 |                                0 |

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