Lok Sabha Question No. 24 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Non-receipt of PM-KISAN Funds
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 24

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  JULY, 2021

## NON-RECEIPT OF PM-KISAN FUNDS

## *24.   SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of farmers from Satara district are not receiving the benefit of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana due to faulty or pending data entry or delay in verification;
- (b) if so, the measures being taken to rectify the situation; and
- (c) the grievance redressal mechanism available to the adversely affected farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 24   DUE FOR REPLY ON 20 th  JULY, 2021.

- (a): PM-KISAN  Scheme  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing  Scheme.  Under  the  PM-KISAN Scheme benefits are transferred to eligible beneficiaries directly into their bank accounts as and when their correct and verified data is received from respective States/UTs Government on PM-KISAN web portal and its validation through Aadhaar/PFMS/Income Tax database. Thus, the data of eligible beneficiaries undergo various levels of verification and validation. Once the process of verification and validation is complete, the benefits of the Scheme are provided to the intended beneficiaries.

So  far  as,  in  the  Satara  district  of  Maharashtra,  out  of  5,47,512  registered  farmers 5,29,800 beneficiaries have received  benefit of  PM-KISAN Scheme.

- (b): Various facilities through Farmers Corner of PM-KISAN portal and CSCs have been provided for the benefit of farmers through which they can get corrected their Aadhaar details and can also know about the status of benefit transferred. The State/UT Governments are continuously  requested  and  vigorously  pursued  to  organize  publicity/awareness  camps  to ensure  expeditious  Aadhaar  authentication  of  the  data  of  the  beneficiaries  along  with correction of already registered data.
- (c): Many  remedies  are  available  to  the  farmers  who  have  not  been  able  to  register themselves  for  benefit  under  PM-KISAN  Scheme  or  who  have  been  registered  but  not received the benefits so far. The State Governments have appointed nodal officers for the scheme at block, district and State level to whom the farmers can submit their grievances. Normally, District Agriculture Officers or the District Collectors are available to attend to their grievances.

The  PM-KISAN portal  is  also  utilized  by  farmers  to  lodge  their  grievances  for  their prompt  redressal.  An  exclusive  grievance  mechanism  'Help  Desk'  has  been  incorporated under  the  'farmers'  Corner'  of  the  PM-KIsan  Portal,  through  which  the  grievance  of  the farmer is directly transferred to the Nodal Officer concerned. Farmers can also register their grievances through Public Grievance portal along with sending their grievances directly to the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. The Department ensures that the grievances of farmers are resolved in a time bound manner.

To further help farmers in seeking redressal of their various grievances and replies to their  various  queries  relating  to  the  scheme  a  24  x7  IVRS  based  help-line  155261/01123381092 has also been set up.

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