Lok Sabha Question No. 1905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: PM-Kisan Scheme Implementation Issues
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Rani Srikumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1905

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MARCH, 2025

## PM-KISAN SCHEME IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES

1905. DR. RANI SRIKUMAR:

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

- (a) the details of total funds disbursed under the PM-Kisan Scheme since its inception, year wise, along with number of beneficiaries covered;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that approximately 35% of applications under the scheme  were  found  to  be  ineligible  as  per  the  findings  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor General (CAG) report and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the total amount of funds recovered from ineligible beneficiaries, yearwise, and the percentage of the recovery achieved against the disbursed funds;

(d) whether the Government has any plans to address the exclusion of landless farmers (approximately 5.37 crore families) and tenant farmers (approximately 2.4 crore individuals) from the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and

- (e) the steps taken by the Government to address systemic issues such as incomplete land  records,  incorrect  Aadhaar-bank  linkages  and  non-transfer of  land  titles  that  hinder effective implementation of the scheme?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to (c): The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers. Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year is transferred in three equal instalments,  into  the  Aadhaar  seeded  bank  accounts  of  farmers  through  Direct  Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured the benefits of the scheme reach all the farmers across the country without involvement of any intermediaries. Maintaining absolute transparency in registering and verifying beneficiaries, the Government of India has disbursed over Rs 3.68 lakh Cr. through 19 installments since inception. Instalmentwise details is annexed.

Benefits of  the  scheme are  transferred  to  the  beneficiaries  through  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode, based on the verified data received from the States/UTs on the PMKISAN portal. The scheme initially started  on  a trust-based  system, where beneficiaries were registered by the states on self-certification basis. Initially, Aadhaar seeding was also relaxed for some of the States.  Later on, to address this, several technological interventions were introduced, including integration with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax Department. Further, land seeding was made mandatory along with Aadhaar based payment and e-KYC. The benefits of the farmers, who did not complete these mandatory criteria, were stopped. As and when these farmers complete their mandatory requirements, they will receive the benefits of the scheme along with their due installments, if any.

States/UTs are mandated to recover any  amount transferred  to ineligible  farmers marked due to higher  income groups such  as income tax payees,  employees of  PSUs, State/Central Govt., Constitutional post holders etc. An amount of Rs. 416 Cr. has been recovered from the ineligible beneficiaries so far across the country.

## (d): At present, there is no such proposal under consideration.

(e): The land records are maintained by the respective State/UT Governments. As per operational guidelines of the scheme, the farmer should have cultivable land on or before 01/02/2019 in his/her name as per land records of concerned State/UT. However, this date is  not applicable when transfer of ownership of cultivable land takes place on account of succession due to death. Further, the farmers are notified if and when any of their transaction of  benefit  transfer  fails  along  with  the  reason  of  failure.  Further,  on  the  advice  of  the Government of India, concerned banks including India Post Payments Bank contact farmers to resolve the Aadhaar seeding issues.

Annexure

## Installment-wise details of beneficiaries and amount released under PM-Kisan Scheme

|   Instalment No. | Instalment period             | Number of beneficiaries   | Disbursed amount (In Cr.)   |
|------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                1 | December, 2018 - March, 2019  | 3,16,21,382               | 6,324.28                    |
|                2 | April, 2019 - July, 2019      | 6,00,34,808               | 13,272.00                   |
|                3 | August, 2019 - November, 2019 | 7,65,99,962               | 17,526.92                   |
|                4 | December, 2019 - March, 2020  | 8,20,91,433               | 17,942.95                   |
|                5 | April, 2020 - July, 2020      | 9,26,93,902               | 20,989.46                   |
|                6 | August, 2020 - November, 2020 | 9,72,27,173               | 20,476.24                   |
|                7 | December, 2020 - March, 2021  | 9,84,75,226               | 20,474.95                   |
|                8 | April, 2021 - July, 2021      | 9,99,15,224               | 22,415.06                   |
|                9 | August, 2021- November, 2021  | 10,34,45,600              | 22,395.43                   |
|               10 | December, 2021- March, 2022   | 10,41,67,787              | 22,343.30                   |
|               11 | April, 2022 - July, 2022      | 10,48,43,465              | 22,617.98                   |
|               12 | August, 2022 - November, 2022 | 8,57,37,576               | 18,041.35                   |
|               13 | December, 2022 - March, 2023  | 8,12,37,172               | 17,650.07                   |
|               14 | April, 2023 - July, 2023      | 8,56,78,805               | 19,203.74                   |
|               15 | August, 2023 - November, 2023 | 8,12,16,535               | 19,596.74                   |
|               16 | December, 2023 - March, 2024  | 9,04,30,715               | 23,088.88                   |
|               17 | April, 2024 - July, 2024      | 9,38,01,342               | 21,056.75                   |
|               18 | August, 2024 - November, 2024 | 9,59,26,746               | 20,665.51                   |
|               19 | December, 2024 - March, 2025  | 9,88,42,900               | 22,270.45                   |

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