Lok Sabha Question No. 4836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Fraudulent Registration  in PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4836

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST  APRIL, 2025

## FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION IN PM-KISAN SCHEME

4836. DR. ANGOMCHA BIMOL AKOIJAM:

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

(a) whether the Government is aware of the Rs. 10.03 crore fraud in the PM-KISAN scheme in Manipur, as revealed by the audit report;

(b)  the  steps  being  taken  to  recover  the  misappropriated  amount  and  hold  out responsible accountable;

(c) the status of FIRs filed in July 2020 and whether any action has been taken so far;

(d)  the  effective  measures  taken  to  prevent  fraudulent  registrations  in  welfare schemes; and

(e) the further steps are being considered to strengthen the system?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to (e): 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 cultivable 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.

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 PM-KISAN 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 receive the benefits of the scheme along with their due installments, if any.

As per information received from Government of Manipur, some irregularities were reported in the Accountant General (AG) Audit Report. Accordingly, State has lodged an FIR in the matter.

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.

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