Lok Sabha Question No. 1285 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Financial Assistance under PM-KISAN
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ramprit Mandal, Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1285

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  JULY, 2024

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PM-KISAN

1285. SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to double the annual amount of fund assistance to farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana from Rs. 6000 (six thousand rupees) to Rs. 12000 (twelve thousand rupees) in order to improve their economic condition to some extent; (b) whether the Government proposes to include families of farmers previously not included under the Scheme by conducting another survey; (c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI  RAMNATH THAKUR )

(a)  There is no such proposal under consideration.

(b) to (d) 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 this scheme, the financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year in three equal installments  is  transferred  into  the  bank  accounts  of  farmers'  families  across  the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. The PM-KISAN scheme is one of the largest DBT Schemes of the World.

A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured the benefits of the scheme reach all the farmers across the country without any involvement of the intermediaries. Maintaining  absolute  transparency  in  registering  and  verifying  beneficiaries,  the Government of India has so far disbursed over Rs. 3.24 lakh Cr to more than 11 Cr farmers in 17 instalments. As  per  operational  guidelines  of  the  Scheme,  it  is  the  responsibility  of  the States/UTs to identify and verify the eligible beneficiaries under the scheme. On the basis  of  verified  data  received  from  the  States/UTs  on  the  PM-KISAN  portal,  the benefits  are  transferred  to  the  beneficiaries  through  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)

mode.

The Ministry often undertakes saturation drives in coordination with the State Governments to ensure that no eligible farmers are left out from the Scheme. The recent nationwide saturation drive was undertaken from 15   November 2023, under the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY), to saturate the scheme with all eligible farmers. More than 1.0 cr farmers were included in the scheme during the VBSY campaign across the country.

Further, Village Level Nodal officers continuously identify and onboard all the eligible farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme from villages assigned to them.  Further, registration  services  of  the  PM-KISAN  scheme  is  also  available  at  over  5.0  lakh Common Services Centers across the country to enable the farmers to register under the scheme, at their doorstep.

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