Lok Sabha Question No. 308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Assistance under PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Anto  Antony

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 308

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## ASSISTANCE UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME

308. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is giving financial assistance to farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN);
- (b) if so, the details of such assistance given to the farmers under the scheme during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has noticed that nearly 2.40 lakhs farmers enrolled under the scheme  are  not  getting  the  benefits  of  this  scheme  because  they  are  unable  to  link Aadhaar Card with Bank Accounts;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to ensure that all members are getting the benefits under the scheme;
- (e) whether the Government has any proposal to withdraw the decision to link Aadhaar and Bank Accounts; and
- (f) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PM-KISAN)  is  a  Central  Sector Scheme, being implemented w.e.f. 1 st  December, 2018.  The Scheme aims at providing

financial  assistance  to  all  landholding  farmer  families  across  the  country,  subject  to certain exclusion criteria, to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs.  Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs. 6000/- per year is transferred in three installments each of Rs.2000/- directly into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of the farmers through DBT.

State-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  the  funds  released  under  PM-KISAN  are attached at Annexure.

(c) & (d) Under PM-KISAN, the condition of Aadhaar seeded bank account is mandatory from 13 th  instalment to ensure that benefits are transferred only to intended beneficiary's bank account. Further, transferring the benefits in the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of beneficiaries has inherent advantage in their favor as in case of change of bank accounts, beneficiaries are not required to travel back to the Department to update the same. In order  to  saturate  the  Aadhaar  seeding  of  the  bank  accounts,  the  beneficiaries  are contacted by the State/UT Governments for completing their Aadhaar seeding with their active bank accounts.  The Central Government also sends one to one messages to such farmers for taking necessary actions so that benefits can be transferred to them without any hassle.

In addition to the above, the Government of India has also on boarded India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)  has  also  been  on  boarded  to  complete  beneficiaries'  Aadhaar seeding with bank accounts at their doorstep.  Under the scheme, 100% benefits are being transferred to such beneficiaries in the Aadhaar seeding bank accounts from 13 th instalment onwards.

It  is  worth  to  mention  that  no  instalment  of  the  farmers  is  withheld  by  the Government. Once the Aadhaar seeding is done by the beneficiaries, their all accrued benefits are reprocessed and benefits are transferred to them.

(e) & (f) There is no such proposal under consideration.

## Annexure-1

## Details of number of beneficiaries and amount released under PM-KISAN year-wise and state-wise (as on 22/11/2023)

|                     |                                              | 2018-19              | 2018-19             | 2019-20              | 2019-20                       | 2020-21              | 2020-21                       | 2021-22              | 2021-22                       | 2022-23              | 2022-23                       | 2023-24              | 2023-24                       |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl. No.             | States                                       | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release      | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release (In Rs. Crore) | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release (In Rs. Crore) | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release (In Rs. Crore) | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release (In Rs. Crore) | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount Release (In Rs. Crore) |
| 1                   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 9,932                | 2.02                | 16,408               | 9.98                          | 16,324               | 9.73                          | 16,270               | 9.54                          | 14,992               | 8.56                          | 13,160               | 3.40                          |
| 2                   | Andhra Pradesh                               | 32,82,718            | 663.37              | 49,88,519            | 2,710.38                      | 49,45,891            | 2,865.02                      | 46,18,979            | 2,907.30                      | 47,83,549            | 2,959.81                      | 43,51,698            | 1,884.82                      |
| 3                   | Bihar                                        | 2,50,253             | 50.16               | 61,99,487            | 2,921.67                      | 77,41,022            | 4,601.39                      | 82,93,357            | 5,033.44                      | 83,54,676            | 4,851.82                      | 78,64,800            | 3,181.83                      |
| 4                   | Chandigarh                                   | 48                   | 0.01                | 448                  | 0.27                          | 432                  | 0.25                          | 397                  | 0.24                          | 367                  | 0.20                          | 134                  | 0.03                          |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh                                 | 1,02,405             | 22.61               | 20,51,396            | 1,043.50                      | 29,82,431            | 1,732.75                      | 32,56,809            | 1,920.28                      | 29,47,050            | 1,616.42                      | 22,20,010            | 1,023.30                      |
| 6                   | Delhi                                        | -                    | -                   | 13,131               | 7.32                          | 14,436               | 8.53                          | 15,041               | 9.16                          | 14,976               | 8.44                          | 13,467               | 4.72                          |
| 7                   | Goa                                          | 2,409                | 0.49                | 8,600                | 4.31                          | 9,630                | 5.57                          | 9,451                | 5.73                          | 9,118                | 4.74                          | 6,080                | 2.56                          |
| 8                   | Gujarat                                      | 28,06,803            | 572.01              | 51,15,505            | 2,884.98                      | 56,67,576            | 3,380.65                      | 58,84,358            | 3,599.52                      | 59,62,338            | 3,167.84                      | 48,49,357            | 1,998.57                      |
| 9                   | Haryana                                      | 9,58,226             | 193.31              | 16,40,589            | 912.82                        | 18,77,565            | 1,152.14                      | 18,85,868            | 1,146.42                      | 18,62,403            | 986.20                        | 16,19,188            | 664.69                        |
| 10                  | Himachal Pradesh                             | 4,53,087             | 91.41               | 8,80,378             | 525.36                        | 9,18,666             | 549.42                        | 9,51,392             | 570.12                        | 9,46,579             | 469.83                        | 7,87,961             | 344.44                        |
| 11                  | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 4,42,014             | 91.57               | 9,60,423             | 567.28                        | 11,18,238            | 690.87                        | 11,19,301            | 665.09                        | 11,07,122            | 528.45                        | 7,78,687             | 355.58                        |
| 12                  | Jharkhand                                    | 5,23,296             | 112.77              | 14,26,441            | 565.32                        | 23,82,908            | 1,404.18                      | 17,85,203            | 1,125.77                      | 22,61,579            | 1,327.11                      | 15,74,423            | 695.34                        |
| 13                  | Karnataka                                    | 19,819               | 3.97                | 50,66,814            | 2,789.78                      | 53,84,847            | 3,158.72                      | 53,10,993            | 2,872.39                      | 51,89,062            | 3,414.03                      | 50,58,368            | 1,975.20                      |
| 14                  | Kerala                                       | 9,37,390             | 191.60              | 28,82,015            | 1,938.28                      | 34,85,898            | 2,114.33                      | 35,58,117            | 2,186.05                      | 34,97,757            | 1,598.63                      | 26,18,263            | 1,213.80                      |
| 15                  | Ladakh                                       | 6,952                | 1.43                | 13,817               | 8.80                          | 17,031               | 9.29                          | 17,578               | 11.02                         | 17,673               | 10.38                         | 16,574               | 6.71                          |
| 16                  | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | -                    | -                   | 1,268                | 0.30                          | 828                  | 0.68                          | 870                  | 0.43                          | 848                  | 0.66                          | 1,501                | 2.15                          |
| 17                  | Madhya Pradesh                               | 6,508                | 1.86                | 65,27,648            | 3,113.16                      | 82,68,081            | 5,160.09                      | 85,42,837            | 5,192.96                      | 85,40,733            | 4,876.64                      | 80,50,565            | 3,388.31                      |
| 18                  | Maharashtra                                  | 21,37,814            | 436.82              | 91,18,775            | 4,898.91                      | 1,08,13,395          | 6,671.90                      | 1,05,37,185          | 6,431.63                      | 1,04,51,308          | 5,655.85                      | 92,50,164            | 3,850.28                      |
| 19                  | Odisha                                       | 9,42,516             | 194.77              | 35,11,606            | 1,686.71                      | 25,55,034            | 1,458.08                      | 33,02,911            | 2,670.13                      | 33,89,362            | 1,792.28                      | 30,11,704            | 1,386.15                      |
| 20                  | Puducherry                                   | 4,215                | 0.85                | 10,072               | 5.91                          | 10,793               | 6.57                          | 10,403               | 6.19                          | 10,235               | 5.89                          | 8,471                | 3.35                          |
| 21                  | Punjab                                       | 11,78,679            | 236.27              | 23,09,636            | 1,262.72                      | 19,09,414            | 1,177.22                      | 17,75,399            | 1,055.79                      | 17,07,679            | 691.22                        | 9,33,701             | 330.41                        |
| 22                  | Rajasthan                                    | 64,634               | 13.00               | 55,62,805            | 3,381.86                      | 67,51,402            | 4,321.59                      | 73,30,103            | 4,588.04                      | 72,59,774            | 3,792.36                      | 61,37,475            | 2,457.43                      |
| 23                  | TAMIL NADU                                   | 21,10,166            | 432.26              | 36,83,268            | 2,130.86                      | 44,56,160            | 2,593.18                      | 37,82,018            | 2,279.45                      | 32,29,940            | 1,574.45                      | 22,36,176            | 934.57                        |
| 24                  | Telangana                                    | 20,09,245            | 405.58              | 34,73,875            | 2,121.94                      | 36,36,780            | 2,214.00                      | 36,52,700            | 2,277.88                      | 35,81,177            | 2,011.57                      | 30,39,177            | 1,264.82                      |
| 25                  | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 7,534                | 1.52                | 14,136               | 8.07                          | 14,284               | 6.75                          | 12,803               | 8.48                          | 12,958               | 8.64                          | 11,832               | 4.72                          |
| 26                  | Uttar Pradesh                                | 1,07,84,080          | 2,238.82            | 1,98,70,097          | 11,006.58                     | 2,33,05,648          | 14,431.30                     | 2,45,57,306          | 15,769.67                     | 2,43,00,100          | 12,450.90                     | 2,02,98,117          | 8,421.12                      |
| 27                  | Uttarakhand                                  | 4,08,926             | 83.09               | 7,50,044             | 432.01                        | 8,61,934             | 518.64                        | 8,97,754             | 547.02                        | 9,00,559             | 475.42                        | 8,13,095             | 327.33                        |
| 28                  | West Bengal                                  | -                    | -                   | -                    | -                             | -                    | -                             | 46,44,355            | 2,628.27                      | 48,69,285            | 2,839.10                      | 46,92,922            | 1,913.09                      |
|                     | Total (1)                                    | 2,94,49,669          | 6,042               | 8,60,97,201          | 46,939                        | 9,91,46,648          | 60,243                        | 10,57,69,758         | 65,518                        | 10,52,23,199         | 57,127                        | 9,02,57,070          | 37,639                        |
| NORTH EAST STATES - | NORTH EAST STATES -                          | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES - | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES -           | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES -           | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES -           | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES -           | NORTH EAST STATES -  | NORTH EAST STATES -           |
| 29                  | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 1,722                | 0.36                | 62,172               | 29.43                         | 92,187               | 56.77                         | 93,588               | 56.68                         | 95,095               | 53.06                         | 73,592               | 29.01                         |
| 30                  | Assam                                        | 5,74,538             | 231.09              | 11,53,790            | 1,395.69                      | 9,02,519             | 944.79                        | 16,79,341            | 926.47                        | 10,28,127            | 560.57                        | 12,49,230            | 750.66                        |
| 31                  | Manipur                                      | 29,118               | 6.27                | 2,73,117             | 86.71                         | 4,99,760             | 238.24                        | 3,11,111             | 177.08                        | 3,67,646             | 192.87                        | 3,921                | 1.78                          |
| 32                  | Meghalaya                                    | 3,816                | 1.86                | 49,116               | 43.39                         | 95,472               | 107.30                        | 1,96,119             | 115.61                        | 56,079               | 18.57                         | 63,631               | 46.34                         |
| 33                  | Mizoram                                      | 22,230               | 5.42                | 67,676               | 38.95                         | 1,46,078             | 83.59                         | 1,06,000             | 64.47                         | 88,121               | 45.80                         | 67,868               | 33.89                         |
| 34                  | Nagaland                                     | 30,363               | 6.46                | 1,88,786             | 91.16                         | 1,97,781             | 121.96                        | 1,99,854             | 122.64                        | 1,97,090             | 103.42                        | 1,48,094             | 61.07                         |
| 35                  | Sikkim                                       | -                    | -                   | 6,002                | 1.53                          | 8,450                | 5.13                          | 10,196               | 6.58                          | 11,702               | 8.57                          | 15,566               | 9.55                          |
| 36                  | Tripura                                      | 1,48,053             | 30.37               | 1,95,248             | 113.43                        | 2,20,589             | 130.15                        | 2,19,576             | 133.93                        | 2,34,743             | 147.59                        | 2,28,674             | 88.99                         |
|                     | Total (2)                                    | 8,09,840             | 282                 | 19,95,907            | 1,800                         | 21,62,836            | 1,688                         | 28,15,785            | 1,603                         | 20,78,603            | 1,130                         | 18,50,576            | 1,021                         |
|                     | Grand Total (1+2)                            | 3,02,59,509          | 6,323               | 8,80,93,108          | 48,739                        | 10,13,09,484         | 61,931                        | 10,85,85,543         | 67,121                        | 10,73,01,802         | 58,258                        | 9,21,07,646          | 38,660                        |