Lok Sabha Question No. 3141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: PM-KISAN Scheme in Assam
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi, Gaurav Gogoi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3141

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2022

## PM-KISAN SCHEME IN ASSAM

## 3141.   SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI: SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

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

(a)    whether the Government has details of the number of small and marginal farmers in Assam and if so, the details thereof;

(b)   whether the Government has details of the number of small and marginal farmers enrolled under PM-KISAN Scheme in Assam since 2019 and if so, details thereof;

(c)    the amount distributed under PM-KISAN in Assam since 2019;

(d)    whether the Ministry has taken cognizance of the Assam Government's admission in the Gauhati High Court that 11.72 lakh ineligible farmers received PM-KISAN benefits in 2020;

(e)    if so, whether the Ministry has ordered an inquiry into the same;

- (f)    the steps taken to recover the money thus distributed; and

(g)      the  number  of  ineligible  farmers  who  received  payments  under  the  scheme  all  over  the country since 2019, year-wise and State-wise and the amounts recovered thus far?

## ANSWER

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

(a):        As  per  the  information collected  in  Agriculture Census  2015-16, number of  small and marginal operational holders in Assam were about 4.95 lakh and 18.68 lakh respectively.

(b):      PM-KISAN  Scheme  is  extended  to  all  landholding  farmer  families  in  the  country,  the information on number  of small and marginal beneficiaries farmers is not separately maintained.

(c):        Since  the  inception  of  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme,  as  on  16.03.2022,  an  amount  of  Rs. 2277.28 Crore has been released to eligible beneficiaries of Assam.

(d) to  (f):    No  such  communication has  been received in the Ministry. However,  on the PMKISAN portal, Assam Government has marked 13,38,563 beneficiaries as ineligible under the scheme. For the cases where the benefits have been passed on to ineligible farmers, a refund mechanism has been devised and the Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) has been shared with the States/UTs to recover the amount from ineligible farmers.

(g):     State-wise details of the number of ineligible farmers who have received benefits under PM-KISAN is given in Annexure. So far Rs. 2,96,63,36,600 have been recovered from such ineligible farmers.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (g) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3141 due for answer on 22.03.2022

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                      | No. of ineligible farmers   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS       | 1,020                       |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH                  | 1,41,563                    |
| 3         | ARUNACHALPRADESH                | 523                         |
| 4         | ASSAM                           | 13,38,563                   |
| 5         | BIHAR                           | 97,062                      |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                      | 36                          |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH                    | 1,32,380                    |
| 8         | DELHI                           | 877                         |
| 9         | GOA                             | 1,370                       |
| 10        | GUJARAT                         | 2,45,314                    |
| 11        | HARYANA                         | 50,998                      |
| 12        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                | 21,205                      |
| 13        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR               | 36,876                      |
| 14        | JHARKHAND                       | 39,231                      |
| 15        | KARNATAKA                       | 2,09,920                    |
| 16        | KERALA                          | 31,786                      |
| 17        | LADAKH                          | 31                          |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP                     | 55                          |
| 19        | MADHYA PRADESH                  | 3,31,061                    |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA                     | 4,88,593                    |
| 21        | MANIPUR                         | 34,759                      |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                       | 2,086                       |
| 23        | MIZORAM                         | 761                         |
| 24        | NAGALAND                        | 1,224                       |
| 25        | ODISHA                          | 9,499                       |
| 26        | PUDUCHERRY                      | 381                         |
| 27        | PUNJAB                          | 6,22,362                    |
| 28        | RAJASTHAN                       | 3,16,364                    |
| 29        | SIKKIM                          | 12                          |
| 30        | TAMILNADU                       | 7,61,465                    |
| 31        | TELANGANA                       | 1,21,909                    |
| 32        | DADRA&NAGARHAVELIAND DAMAN &DIU | 710                         |
| 33        | TRIPURA                         | 1,971                       |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH                   | 3,32,786                    |
| 35        | UTTARAKHAND                     | 18,896                      |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL                     | 16,000                      |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                           | 54,09,649                   |

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