Lok Sabha Question No. 399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Dues of Farmers in PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 399

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## DUES OF FARMERS IN PM-KISAN SCHEME

399. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are any dues of farmers especially of Maharashtra under the PM-KISAN Scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the time by which the said payment is likely to be made and the average time by which the beneficiaries receive full benefits;
- (c)  whether any grievance redressal mechanism exists for farmers in case of delay in payment and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of funds provided to the beneficiaries under PM-KISAN scheme, year-wise;
- (e) the details of quantum of amount paid to ineligible beneficiaries, along with the Statewise details thereof; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  recover  the  amount  paid  to  ineligible beneficiaries  and  if  so,  the  steps  taken  to  improve  the  implementation  of  PM-KISAN scheme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b) The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers. Under this scheme, the

financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year in three equal instalments every four months is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers' families across the country 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 any involvement of  the  middlemen.  Maintaining  absolute  transparency  in  registering  and  verifying beneficiaries, the Government of India has disbursed over Rs 2.80 lakh Cr to more than 11 Cr farmers. In the Maharashtra State, over Rs. 27,945 Cr has been transferred to more than 1.11 Cr farmers since inception of the scheme.

Under  the  PM-KISAN  Scheme,  the  State/UT  Governments  are  mandated  to identify and verify the beneficiaries as per the guidelines of the scheme. Once the farmer's details are verified, the benefits of the scheme are released in to their bank accounts. The  validation  and  checks  are  ongoing  processes,  as  and  when  the  farmers  have completed the mandatory requirements,  they  receive  their  accrued  benefits  of  all  the instalments.

- (c) Under the PM-KISAN scheme, a robust grievance redressal system is in place. The farmers can lodge their grievances on the PM-KISAN portal and 24x7 IVRS facility for effective and timely resolution. Further, the farmers also have the facility to register their grievances, if any through Public Grievances portal. In addition to the above, the Government  of  India  has  developed  Kisan  e-Mitra  (AI  Chatbot)  -  Farmers'  digital assistance  to  address  their  queries  in  their  own  languages,  thereby  empowering  the farmers through technological interventions. The Kisan e-Mitra is removing the existing technological and language barriers of the farmers.
- (d) The  year-wise  details  of  funds  provided  to  the  beneficiaries  under  PM-KISAN scheme is attached at Annexure.
- (e) & (f) As  stated  above,  the  benefits  of  the  scheme  are  released  after  due verification by the State/UT Governments. Further, the PM-KISAN portal has also been integrated with the portals of UIDAI for Aadhaar authentication; with PFMS for validation of account and Government employees/pensioners data; with Income Tax department for

validation of income tax payee status; and with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)  for  account  validation  and  Aadhaar  based  payments  to  identify  the  ineligible farmers as per the guidelines of the scheme before processing their payments.

Further, Aadhaar seeding with bank accounts, e-KYC, and land-seeding of all the beneficiaries  are also being done to verify their  eligibility  as  per  the  guidelines  of  the scheme.  States/UTs  have  been  asked  to  expedite  the  process  for  saturation  of  the scheme with all the eligible beneficiaries and removal of ineligible beneficiaries, if any found during the process. In addition, States/UTs have been mandated to recover any amount transferred to ineligible farmers. So far, more than Rs. 325 Cr has been recovered from the ineligible farmers.

## 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 Beneficiari es                                                      | 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 NAGAR AND                                                           | DADRA AND HAVELI 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 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | Grand Total (1+2) 3,02,59,509 6,323 8,80,93,108 48,739 10,13,09,484 61,931 | 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                        |