Lok Sabha Question No. 3711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: PM-KISAN in West Bengal
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Raju Bista

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3711

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## PM-KISAN IN WEST BENGAL

## 3711. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

(a) the details of disbursal of funds under the PM-KISAN scheme since inception till date in West Bengal, district-wise;

(b)  the  total  number  of  PM-KISAN  beneficiaries  and  applications  received  under  the scheme, particularly in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts;

(c) whether the Government has received any complaints of fraud and fake beneficiaries in the implementation of PM-KISAN scheme in West Bengal; and

(d) if so, the details of action that has been taken so far and effective measures taken to prevent fraudulent registrations in welfare schemes?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): 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 farmers with cultivable land-holding. 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  3.90  lakh  Cr.  in  20  installments  since inception of the Scheme.

The registration of farmers in the Scheme is an ongoing process and is open to farmers of all States/UTs including West Bengal. The farmers can register themselves through PM-KISAN Portal, PM-KISAN App, and Common Service Centers (CSCs). All such applications are approved by the concerned States/UTs after due verification. In the cases,  where  the  required  documents/details  are  not  provided  by  the  applicant,  the application is liable to be rejected by the State/UT Governments. Once it is approved by the  State/UTs,  benefit  is  processed  immediately  by  the  Department  and  the  same  is released in the subsequent instalment.

The PM-KISAN Scheme is being implemented in the State of West Bengal since FY 2021-22.  District-wise  and  instalment-wise  details  of  benefits  released  under  PMKISAN in West Bengal, including in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts, since FY 202122 is at Annexure.

(c) & (d): To  ensure  that  the  benefits  are  only  transferred  to  the  eligible  farmers, benefits  of  the  PM-KISAN 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.  To  ease  the  registration  process  for  farmers  and  bring  in transparency  and  efficiency  in  implementation  of  the  Scheme,  several  technological interventions were introduced, including integration with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax  Department.  Further,  PM  Kisan  database  is  verified  with  respect  to  the  PDS database of ration cards, inactivated Aadhaar due to death etc. as updated in UIDAI portal and deduplication with PFMS and Income Tax data.

Moreover, land seeding, Aadhaar-based payment and e-KYC have been made mandatory under the scheme. The benefits of the farmers, who do not complete these mandatory criteria, are temporarily stopped. As and when these farmers complete their mandatory requirements, they receive the benefits of the scheme along with their accrued benefits of previous instalments. This process does not cause any financial loss to eligible farmers under the Scheme.

States/UTs have been 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.  Accordingly,  recovery  has been done from the ineligible beneficiaries including those of West Bengal.

## Annexure

## District-wise and instalment-wise details of benefits released under PM-KISAN in West Bengal, as on 04.08.2025

| #   | District           | 8th Instalment (Apr'21 - Jul'21)   | 8th Instalment (Apr'21 - Jul'21)   | 9th Instalment (Aug'21 - Nov'21)   | 9th Instalment (Aug'21 - Nov'21)   | 10th Instalment (Dec'21 - Mar'22)   | 10th Instalment (Dec'21 - Mar'22)   |
|-----|--------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| #   | District           | No. of Beneficiari es              | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)     | No. of Beneficiari es              | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)     | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      |
| 1   | Alipurduar         | 10,503                             | 3.82                               | 21,197                             | 6.27                               | 27,562                              | 6.77                                |
| 2   | Bankura            | 1,19,253                           | 25.44                              | 1,74,738                           | 44.10                              | 2,38,688                            | 56.60                               |
| 3   | Birbhum            | 1,48,351                           | 38.50                              | 2,04,153                           | 50.53                              | 2,58,844                            | 56.54                               |
| 4   | Cooch Behar        | 1,34,105                           | 41.71                              | 1,81,374                           | 47.07                              | 2,16,968                            | 51.53                               |
| 5   | Dakshin Dinajpur   | 46,324                             | 11.75                              | 98,526                             | 29.38                              | 1,30,779                            | 31.91                               |
| 6   | Darjeeling         | 4,102                              | 1.40                               | 6,899                              | 1.77                               | 12,227                              | 3.46                                |
| 7   | Hooghly            | 31,968                             | 9.63                               | 1,22,167                           | 37.94                              | 1,83,488                            | 47.25                               |
| 8   | Howrah             | 26,591                             | 7.90                               | 59,925                             | 18.00                              | 75,151                              | 18.20                               |
| 9   | Jalpaiguri         | 19,938                             | 5.54                               | 30,292                             | 7.75                               | 37,845                              | 9.06                                |
| 1 0 | Jhargram           | 39,802                             | 10.06                              | 63,599                             | 16.54                              | 79,494                              | 18.56                               |
| 1 1 | Kalimpong          | 2,903                              | 0.70                               | 4,588                              | 1.17                               | 7,184                               | 2.00                                |
| 1 2 | Malda              | 1,41,926                           | 44.54                              | 2,06,126                           | 47.83                              | 2,70,060                            | 58.72                               |
| 1 3 | Murshidab ad       | 1,49,751                           | 50.07                              | 2,67,051                           | 76.26                              | 3,30,592                            | 76.90                               |
| 1 4 | Nadia              | 1,32,372                           | 40.30                              | 2,28,019                           | 59.72                              | 2,93,471                            | 68.67                               |
| 1 5 | North 24 Parganas  | 2,11,353                           | 52.90                              | 2,93,350                           | 73.18                              | 3,55,571                            | 82.24                               |
| 1 6 | Paschim Bardhama n | 12,591                             | 3.58                               | 20,292                             | 5.57                               | 27,772                              | 6.79                                |
| 1 7 | Paschim Medinipur  | 1,80,479                           | 46.33                              | 3,94,742                           | 113.32                             | 5,23,617                            | 119.67                              |
| 1 8 | Purba Bardhama n   | 1,48,755                           | 44.46                              | 2,12,096                           | 54.72                              | 2,67,584                            | 62.10                               |
| 1 9 | Purba Medinipur    | 3,32,748                           | 93.85                              | 5,55,279                           | 150.56                             | 6,69,898                            | 145.06                              |
| 2 0 | Purulia            | 31,595                             | 8.49                               | 58,146                             | 15.87                              | 1,06,672                            | 26.77                               |
| 2 1 | South 24 Parganas  | 38,094                             | 10.73                              | 2,65,862                           | 90.37                              | 3,65,301                            | 91.85                               |
| 2 2 | Uttar Dinajpur     | 66,253                             | 21.84                              | 1,16,373                           | 32.08                              | 1,50,511                            | 34.13                               |
|     | Grand Total:       | 20,29,757                          | 573.53                             | 35,84,794                          | 980.01                             | 46,29,279                           | 1,074.79                            |

| #   |                    | 11th Instalment (Apr'22 - Jul'22)   | 11th Instalment (Apr'22 - Jul'22)   | 12th Instalment (Aug'22 - Nov'22)   | 12th Instalment (Aug'22 - Nov'22)   | 13th Instalment (Dec'22 - Mar'23)   | 13th Instalment (Dec'22 - Mar'23)   |
|-----|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| #   | District           | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      |
| 1   | Alipurduar         | 30,620                              | 7.77                                | 28,557                              | 6.44                                | 27,612                              | 5.85                                |
| 2   | Bankura            | 2,50,733                            | 54.96                               | 2,41,725                            | 50.38                               | 2,34,665                            | 48.23                               |
| 3   | Birbhum            | 2,61,809                            | 56.64                               | 2,57,729                            | 53.92                               | 2,49,563                            | 51.31                               |
| 4   | Cooch Behar        | 2,19,125                            | 47.71                               | 2,00,390                            | 41.69                               | 1,93,217                            | 39.79                               |
| 5   | Dakshin Dinajpur   | 1,38,680                            | 31.45                               | 1,27,132                            | 25.79                               | 1,20,479                            | 24.41                               |
| 6   | Darjeeling         | 12,647                              | 2.65                                | 11,207                              | 2.28                                | 10,769                              | 2.23                                |
| 7   | Hooghly            | 1,98,127                            | 44.19                               | 1,85,240                            | 38.82                               | 1,79,465                            | 37.39                               |
| 8   | Howrah             | 77,758                              | 16.39                               | 71,239                              | 14.59                               | 68,813                              | 13.99                               |
| 9   | Jalpaiguri         | 38,290                              | 8.54                                | 34,652                              | 7.18                                | 33,302                              | 6.99                                |
| 1 0 | Jhargram           | 73,548                              | 15.65                               | 73,969                              | 15.75                               | 71,010                              | 14.53                               |
| 1 1 | Kalimpong          | 7,304                               | 1.58                                | 6,690                               | 1.48                                | 6,373                               | 1.35                                |
| 1 2 | Malda              | 2,64,658                            | 60.29                               | 2,62,258                            | 55.29                               | 2,57,332                            | 52.94                               |
| 1 3 | Murshidab ad       | 3,45,387                            | 76.57                               | 3,09,954                            | 64.22                               | 2,99,439                            | 61.83                               |
| 1 4 | Nadia              | 2,87,713                            | 62.69                               | 2,75,878                            | 57.88                               | 2,64,137                            | 53.89                               |
| 1 5 | North 24 Parganas  | 3,44,373                            | 74.17                               | 3,21,000                            | 66.99                               | 3,05,044                            | 62.27                               |
| 1 6 | Paschim Bardhama n | 29,344                              | 6.34                                | 26,042                              | 5.41                                | 25,034                              | 5.13                                |
| 1 7 | Paschim Medinipur  | 5,13,109                            | 112.61                              | 4,98,636                            | 104.40                              | 4,81,497                            | 98.51                               |
| 1 8 | Purba Bardhama n   | 2,75,973                            | 59.52                               | 2,59,704                            | 53.53                               | 2,53,692                            | 51.89                               |
| 1 9 | Purba Medinipur    | 6,34,037                            | 138.59                              | 6,32,981                            | 134.11                              | 6,11,632                            | 125.82                              |
| 2 0 | Purulia            | 1,13,999                            | 25.23                               | 1,06,639                            | 22.54                               | 1,03,630                            | 21.52                               |
| 2 1 | South 24 Parganas  | 4,00,265                            | 89.63                               | 3,59,981                            | 74.70                               | 3,45,400                            | 71.16                               |
| 2 2 | Uttar Dinajpur     | 1,60,987                            | 36.95                               | 1,52,551                            | 31.35                               | 1,49,073                            | 30.49                               |
|     | Grand Total:       | 46,78,486                           | 1,030.14                            | 44,44,154                           | 928.73                              | 42,91,178                           | 881.52                              |

| #   | District           | 14th Instalment (Apr'23 - Jul'23)   | 14th Instalment (Apr'23 - Jul'23)   | 15th Instalment (Aug'23 - Nov'23)   | 15th Instalment (Aug'23 - Nov'23)   | 16th Instalment (Dec'23 - Mar'24)   | 16th Instalment (Dec'23 - Mar'24)   |
|-----|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| #   | District           | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      | No. of Beneficiari es               | Amount Disburse d (Rs. in Cr.)      |
| 1   | Alipurduar         | 28,818                              | 6.47                                | 28,485                              | 7.22                                | 31,192                              | 8.68                                |
| 2   | Bankura            | 2,42,113                            | 53.45                               | 2,13,212                            | 47.22                               | 2,31,884                            | 57.93                               |
| 3   | Birbhum            | 2,61,943                            | 59.50                               | 2,40,472                            | 52.05                               | 2,55,414                            | 60.45                               |
| 4   | Cooch Behar        | 2,05,222                            | 47.23                               | 1,76,073                            | 40.29                               | 2,02,258                            | 54.70                               |
| 5   | Dakshin Dinajpur   | 1,26,401                            | 27.85                               | 1,14,414                            | 25.48                               | 1,22,561                            | 29.96                               |
| 6   | Darjeeling         | 10,954                              | 2.40                                | 9,498                               | 2.19                                | 10,659                              | 3.36                                |
| 7   | Hooghly            | 1,84,314                            | 41.29                               | 1,65,409                            | 39.61                               | 1,86,324                            | 52.15                               |
| 8   | Howrah             | 69,929                              | 15.07                               | 65,263                              | 14.63                               | 71,384                              | 18.31                               |
| 9   | Jalpaiguri         | 34,350                              | 7.76                                | 30,685                              | 7.38                                | 32,325                              | 9.14                                |
| 1 0 | Jhargram           | 74,090                              | 16.57                               | 67,199                              | 14.71                               | 72,763                              | 18.12                               |
| 1 1 | Kalimpong          | 6,407                               | 1.38                                | 5,303                               | 1.23                                | 5,740                               | 1.61                                |
| 1 2 | Malda              | 2,66,278                            | 58.59                               | 2,15,011                            | 46.71                               | 2,45,437                            | 62.97                               |
| 1 3 | Murshidab ad       | 3,12,767                            | 70.09                               | 2,80,901                            | 66.16                               | 3,21,734                            | 89.95                               |
| 1 4 | Nadia              | 2,76,130                            | 62.25                               | 2,41,381                            | 54.49                               | 2,73,791                            | 73.03                               |
| 1 5 | North 24 Parganas  | 3,22,222                            | 74.01                               | 3,02,294                            | 73.03                               | 3,32,091                            | 86.12                               |
| 1 6 | Paschim Bardhama n | 26,060                              | 5.97                                | 24,176                              | 5.33                                | 26,538                              | 6.64                                |
| 1 7 | Paschim Medinipur  | 5,02,165                            | 113.18                              | 4,39,246                            | 100.86                              | 4,81,739                            | 120.81                              |
| 1 8 | Purba Bardhama n   | 2,60,394                            | 57.09                               | 2,27,969                            | 50.21                               | 2,48,466                            | 60.25                               |
| 1 9 | Purba Medinipur    | 6,41,248                            | 146.68                              | 5,70,944                            | 128.48                              | 6,31,005                            | 160.65                              |
| 2 0 | Purulia            | 1,09,833                            | 25.19                               | 1,04,332                            | 24.01                               | 1,14,665                            | 30.23                               |
| 2 1 | South 24 Parganas  | 3,57,910                            | 79.41                               | 3,28,279                            | 78.74                               | 3,65,792                            | 98.79                               |
| 2 2 | Uttar Dinajpur     | 1,52,635                            | 32.75                               | 1,30,133                            | 29.34                               | 1,41,884                            | 36.41                               |
|     | Grand Total:       | 44,72,183                           | 1,004.21                            | 39,80,679                           | 909.34                              | 44,05,646                           | 1,140.25                            |

| #   | District          | 17th Instalment (Apr'24 - Jul'24)   | 17th Instalment (Apr'24 - Jul'24)   | 18th Instalment (Aug'24 - Nov'24)   | 18th Instalment (Aug'24 - Nov'24)   |
|-----|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| #   | District          | No. of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed (Rs. in Cr.)       | No. of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed (Rs. in Cr.)       |
| 1   | Alipurduar        | 31,833                              | 6.82                                | 31,733                              | 6.51                                |
| 2   | Bankura           | 2,36,405                            | 50.43                               | 2,35,803                            | 48.24                               |
| 3   | Birbhum           | 2,59,353                            | 54.54                               | 2,57,738                            | 52.60                               |
| 4   | Cooch Behar       | 2,06,618                            | 44.46                               | 2,08,314                            | 43.47                               |
| 5   | Dakshin Dinajpur  | 1,25,412                            | 26.97                               | 1,25,330                            | 25.93                               |
| 6   | Darjeeling        | 10,935                              | 2.38                                | 10,965                              | 2.29                                |
| 7   | Hooghly           | 1,90,578                            | 40.80                               | 1,91,012                            | 39.23                               |
| 8   | Howrah            | 72,797                              | 15.14                               | 73,189                              | 14.98                               |
| 9   | Jalpaiguri        | 32,900                              | 6.86                                | 32,668                              | 6.68                                |
| 10  | Jhargram          | 73,893                              | 15.63                               | 73,926                              | 15.06                               |
| 11  | Kalimpong         | 5,910                               | 1.27                                | 5,800                               | 1.20                                |
| 12  | Malda             | 2,53,344                            | 55.77                               | 2,55,337                            | 53.83                               |
| 13  | Murshidabad       | 3,28,456                            | 70.62                               | 3,29,871                            | 68.50                               |
| 14  | Nadia             | 2,80,926                            | 61.13                               | 2,81,600                            | 59.21                               |
| 15  | North 24 Parganas | 3,37,356                            | 70.67                               | 3,36,631                            | 68.85                               |
| 16  | Paschim Bardhaman | 27,046                              | 5.72                                | 26,872                              | 5.52                                |
| 17  | Paschim Medinipur | 4,92,025                            | 105.63                              | 4,91,011                            | 101.74                              |
| 18  | Purba Bardhaman   | 2,54,119                            | 54.67                               | 2,56,177                            | 52.95                               |
| 19  | Purba Medinipur   | 6,43,922                            | 138.64                              | 6,45,068                            | 133.44                              |
| 20  | Purulia           | 1,16,511                            | 24.95                               | 1,15,919                            | 23.75                               |
| 21  | South 24 Parganas | 3,73,031                            | 80.09                               | 3,72,599                            | 77.25                               |
| 22  | Uttar Dinajpur    | 1,45,034                            | 31.24                               | 1,45,608                            | 30.33                               |
|     | Grand Total:      | 44,98,404                           | 964.42                              | 45,03,171                           | 931.55                              |

| #   | District          | 19th Instalment (Dec'24 - Mar'25)   | 19th Instalment (Dec'24 - Mar'25)   | 20th Instalment (Apr'25 - Jul'25)   | 20th Instalment (Apr'25 - Jul'25)   |
|-----|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| #   | District          | No. of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed (Rs. in Cr.)       | No. of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed (Rs. in Cr.)       |
| 1   | Alipurduar        | 32,476                              | 6.92                                | 31,907                              | 6.53                                |
| 2   | Bankura           | 2,40,598                            | 51.78                               | 2,36,792                            | 49.59                               |
| 3   | Birbhum           | 2,61,496                            | 55.24                               | 2,54,407                            | 53.20                               |
| 4   | Cooch Behar       | 2,12,268                            | 46.63                               | 2,09,612                            | 43.99                               |
| 5   | Dakshin Dinajpur  | 1,27,549                            | 28.10                               | 1,22,611                            | 25.94                               |
| 6   | Darjeeling        | 11,314                              | 2.66                                | 11,242                              | 2.47                                |
| 7   | Hooghly           | 1,96,584                            | 42.50                               | 1,96,453                            | 41.96                               |
| 8   | Howrah            | 75,163                              | 15.78                               | 74,883                              | 15.52                               |
| 9   | Jalpaiguri        | 33,356                              | 7.35                                | 32,900                              | 6.68                                |
| 10  | Jhargram          | 75,128                              | 15.87                               | 70,796                              | 14.92                               |
| 11  | Kalimpong         | 5,828                               | 1.21                                | 5,637                               | 1.21                                |
| 12  | Malda             | 2,66,947                            | 61.60                               | 2,53,486                            | 54.69                               |
| 13  | Murshidabad       | 3,40,338                            | 73.13                               | 3,26,464                            | 68.18                               |
| 14  | Nadia             | 2,87,596                            | 62.87                               | 2,77,778                            | 59.99                               |
| 15  | North 24 Parganas | 3,40,766                            | 72.36                               | 3,29,666                            | 68.58                               |
| 16  | Paschim Bardhaman | 27,145                              | 5.64                                | 27,057                              | 5.80                                |
| 17  | Paschim Medinipur | 5,01,370                            | 109.64                              | 4,78,776                            | 100.46                              |
| 18  | Purba Bardhaman   | 2,60,970                            | 56.24                               | 2,57,548                            | 54.59                               |
| 19  | Purba Medinipur   | 6,62,979                            | 144.91                              | 6,56,591                            | 137.32                              |
| 20  | Purulia           | 1,17,932                            | 25.17                               | 1,15,602                            | 24.11                               |
| 21  | South 24 Parganas | 3,82,582                            | 82.99                               | 3,63,742                            | 76.71                               |
| 22  | Uttar Dinajpur    | 1,49,003                            | 32.75                               | 1,44,587                            | 30.49                               |
|     | Grand Total:      | 46,09,388                           | 1,001.36                            | 44,78,537                           | 942.92                              |

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