Lok Sabha Question No. 706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Complaints regarding PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Hansdak

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 706

TO BE ANSWERED 25 th  JULY, 2023

## COMPLAINTS REGARDING PM-KISAN SCHEME

706. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

(a)  whether the Government is aware about the several complaints in regards to Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi that the farmers are not getting their funds;

(b) whether the Government is aware that some farmers are being told that their name have been dropped from the list in Jharkhand;

(c)  if so, then under which rule the names of such farmers were  added and then excluded from the list; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  arrangements  made  by  the  Government  for  the  names  of  such farmers to be included in the list again?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान काण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)  to (d) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), one of the largest Central Sector Schemes, is being implemented to supplement financial needs of land holding farmers of the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria related to higher economic status.  Under  the  Scheme,  financial  benefit  of  Rs  6000/-  annually,  in  three  equal installments, is transferred into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of farmers.

Under the PM-KISAN Scheme, the responsibility to identify the beneficiaries and upload their  correct  and  verified  data  on  PM-KISAN  portal  lies  with  the  respective  State/UT Government.  Thereafter,  these  data  go  through  various  levels  of  verification  and validation including Aadhaar/PFMS/Income Tax database. Subsequent to such verification and validation, the benefit of the Scheme is passed on to eligible beneficiaries directly into their Aadhaar seeded bank accounts through DBT.

Eligible farmers are enrolled and deceased/ineligible beneficiaries are removed by way of continuous verification and validation of the beneficiary's data. The States/UTs have been provided with the option to mark beneficiaries as ineligible to eligible and vice versa, after due verification. E-KYC of all the beneficiaries is also done to verify their status. If the payment of a farmer is held by the States due to any concern related to the eligibility criteria and later on when such concern is addressed, the farmer becomes eligible for smooth meetings. video

receiving all payments due to him /her. States/UTs are continuously pursued for necessary actions regarding implementation of the scheme  through regular correspondences and Handholding support to the States/UTs is also provided through weekly conferences.

For the 13th Installment period, benefits under PM-KISAN scheme were disbursed to over 11.76 lakh farmers of Jharkhand, whose land details were seeded on PM-KISAN portal and whose bank accounts were DBT-enabled using Aadhaar payment bridge.

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