Lok Sabha Question No. 10 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: PM-KISAN Scheme in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 10

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021

## PM-KISAN SCHEME IN TAMIL NADU

- *10.   SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

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

- (a) the details of the amount utilized under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PMKISAN), particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the stringent measures 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; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated/disbursement  made  under  PM-KISAN  Scheme, State-wise, particularly in Tamil Nadu?

## 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. 10  DUE FOR REPLY ON 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021.

(a) to (c): The Pradhan Mantri Kissan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme is an income support  Scheme,  under  which  funds  are  transferred  into  the  accounts  of  the  eligible beneficiaries directly through Direct Benefit Transfer. The details of amount allocated under the Scheme (Revised Estimates) and the expenditure incurred for the FYs 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 are given below, which include the State of Tamil Nadu.

| Financial Year             | Amount allocated (in Rs. Crore)   | Total Expenditure (in Rs. Crore)   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2018-19                    | 20,000                            | 6050.56                            |
| 2019-20                    | 54,370.15                         | 49,224.97                          |
| 2020-21 (as on 22-01-2021) | 65,000                            | 60,367.45                          |

Under  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme,  funds  are  not  released  state-wise.  As  regards expenditure, in the State of Tamil Nadu is concerned, the details of amount spent under the Scheme, year-wise is given below:

*As on 22-01-2021

| Year    | Amount (in Rs. Crore)   |
|---------|-------------------------|
| 2018-19 | 392.24                  |
| 2019-20 | 2159.21                 |
| 2020-21 | *2590.20                |

The State-wise details of funds disbursed under the PM-KISAN Scheme so far (as on 22-01-2021) is given at Annexure-I.

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.  However, 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  Operation  Guidelines  have  been  issued  for  recovering  money from ineligible beneficiaries.
- (ii) Standard Operational Guidelines for identification of Income Tax Payees have been prepared and circulated to the States.
- (iii) Caution Advisory to the States to adopt measures during the registration and verification of farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme.
- (iv) Standard  Operational  Guidelines  for  Physical  Verification  of  PM-KISAN beneficiaries have been circulated to the State Governments.

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

| States                                       | Total Amount   | (All installments)   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  |                | 21,58,56,000         |
| Andhra Pradesh                               |                | 61,01,43,08,000      |
| Bihar                                        |                | 75,47,08,92,000      |
| Chandigarh                                   |                | 52,98,000            |
| Chhattisgarh                                 |                | 27,52,05,64,000      |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                       |                | 9,23,38,000          |
| Daman and Diu                                |                | 3,26,98,000          |
| Delhi                                        |                | 15,60,46,000         |
| Goa                                          |                | 10,29,10,000         |
| Gujarat                                      |                | 67,37,90,16,000      |
| Haryana                                      |                | 22,46,29,70,000      |
| Himachal Pradesh                             |                | 11,64,14,72,000      |
| Jammu and Kashmir                            |                | 13,48,92,56,000      |
| Jharkhand                                    |                | 20,14,98,78,000      |
| Karnataka                                    |                | 58,29,40,22,000      |
| Kerala                                       |                | 42,55,23,82,000      |
| Ladakh                                       |                | 5,49,36,000          |
| Lakshdweep                                   |                | 95,32,000            |
| Madhya Pradesh                               |                | 82,29,64,50,000      |
| Maharashtra                                  |                | 1,19,29,39,86,000    |
| Odisha                                       |                | 32,74,33,88,000      |
| Puducherry                                   |                | 13,31,12,000         |
| Punjab                                       |                | 26,73,26,56,000      |
| Rajasthan                                    |                | 75,40,12,36,000      |
| Tamilnadu                                    |                | 51,41,65,60,000      |
| Telangana                                    |                | 47,28,64,30,000      |
| The Dadra and Nagra Haveli and Daman and Diu |                | 3,78,12,000          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                |                | 2,71,35,65,40,000    |
| Uttarakhand                                  |                | 10,28,20,76,000      |
| West Bengal                                  |                | -                    |
| Total (1)                                    |                | 11,17,62,46,20,000   |
| NORTH EAST STATES                            |                |                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            |                | 84,77,66,000         |
| Assam                                        |                | 22,72,09,36,000      |
| Manipur                                      |                | 3,27,93,10,000       |
| Meghalaya                                    |                | 1,52,07,14,000       |
| Mizoram                                      |                | 1,25,27,88,000       |
| Nagaland                                     |                | 2,18,59,36,000       |
| Sikkim                                       |                | 6,02,10,000          |
| Tripura                                      |                | 2,72,53,54,000       |
| Total (2)                                    |                | 34,59,30,14,000      |
| Grand Total (1+2)                            |                | 11,52,21,76,34,000   |

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