Lok Sabha Question No. 358 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Disbursal of Funds under PM-KISAN Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Benny Behanan

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 358

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2025

## DISBURSAL OF FUNDS UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME

*358. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a)  the  details  of  progress  in  disbursal  of  funds  under  the  PM-Kisan  scheme  in Financial Year 2024, State-wise; (b) the number of ineligible beneficiaries identified and the amount recovered from them; (c) the total number of applications received under the scheme in 2024, State-wise and the number of applications rejected; and (d) the timeline for implementation of Aadhaar-based verification for all beneficiaries

- under the scheme?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT MADE IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 358 REGARDING DISBURSAL OF FUNDS UNDER PM-KISAN SCHEME RAISED BY SHRI BENNY BEHANAN, MP DUE FOR REPLY ON 25 TH MARCH, 2025.

(a) to (c): 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  that  the  benefits  of  the scheme  reach  all  eligible  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 to farmers in  19  installments  since  inception.  Under  the  19 th   instalment  of  the  PM-KISAN Scheme,  on  24 th   February  2025,  an  amount  of  more  than  Rs.  22,000  Crore  was released to more than 9.8 Crore farmers. The State-wise details of funds disbursed during FY 2024-25 is at Annexure.

As  per  operational  guidelines  of  the  Scheme,  States/UTs  are  mandated  to identify and verify the eligible beneficiaries under the scheme and upload the details of eligible farmers on PM-KISAN Portal. 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  selfcertification 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.  In order to ensure  that  benefits  are  released  only  to  the  eligible  beneficiaries,  land  seeding, Aadhaar based payment and eKYC have been made mandatory. The benefits of the farmers, who did not complete these mandatory criteria, were stopped. As and when these farmers complete their mandatory requirements, they will received the benefits of the scheme along with their due installments, if any.

Further,  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.

The registration of farmers in the Scheme is an ongoing process. Farmers can self-register  themselves  online  through  PM-Kisan  Portal.  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.

(d): Aadhaar is one of the key parameters for establishing identity of the farmers in  scheme  and  the  benefits  of  the  scheme  are  transferred  to  only  Aadhaar authenticated farmers. At present, 100% PM KISAN beneficiary's database is Aadhaar seeded, authenticated and e-KYC verified. The disbursement of the benefits of the scheme are released  through  Aadhaar Based  Payment  System  i.e.    into  Aadhaar seeded bank account of beneficiaries. From the 15 th  Installment cycle of the scheme (Aug.  2023  -  Nov.  2023),  Aadhaar  based  e-KYC  has  also  been  made  mandatory under the scheme.

## Annexure

## State-wise and instalment-wise details of the beneficiaries benefited under PMKISAN and amount released to them during FY 2024-25

| #   | State                                        | 17th Instalment (April 2024 - July 2024)   | 17th Instalment (April 2024 - July 2024)   | 18th Instalment (Aug 2024 - Nov 2024)   | 18th Instalment (Aug 2024 - Nov 2024)   | 19th Instalment (Dec 2024 - March 2025 )   | 19th Instalment (Dec 2024 - March 2025 )   |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| #   | State                                        | No. of Beneficiaries                       | Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Cr.)              | No. of Beneficiaries                    | Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Cr.)           | No. of Beneficiaries                       | Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Cr.)              |
| 1   | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 12,546                                     | 2.80                                       | 12,832                                  | 2.80                                    | 12,987                                     | 2.78                                       |
| 2   | ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 41,40,573                                  | 875.56                                     | 41,22,499                               | 836.36                                  | 41,27,619                                  | 854.28                                     |
| 3   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 67,613                                     | 18.55                                      | 90,470                                  | 25.60                                   | 94,948                                     | 22.63                                      |
| 4   | ASSAM                                        | 18,14,323                                  | 425.92                                     | 18,87,572                               | 403.52                                  | 20,87,406                                  | 475.09                                     |
| 5   | BIHAR                                        | 76,55,844                                  | 1,598.94                                   | 75,81,016                               | 1,544.52                                | 75,90,575                                  | 1,592.77                                   |
| 6   | CHANDIGARH                                   | 349                                        | 0.08                                       |                                         |                                         |                                            |                                            |
| 7   | CHHATTISGARH                                 | 24,31,803                                  | 577.36                                     | 25,07,751                               | 570.00                                  | 25,94,151                                  | 598.96                                     |
| 8   | DELHI                                        | 10,808                                     | 2.51                                       | 10,829                                  | 2.26                                    | 11,084                                     | 2.47                                       |
| 9   | GOA                                          | 6,322                                      | 1.36                                       | 6,333                                   | 1.33                                    | 6,381                                      | 1.33                                       |
| 10  | GUJARAT                                      | 48,45,936                                  | 1,084.42                                   | 49,12,366                               | 1,038.73                                | 51,34,410                                  | 1,146.43                                   |
| 11  | HARYANA                                      | 15,87,993                                  | 362.17                                     | 15,99,896                               | 342.28                                  | 16,37,141                                  | 359.89                                     |
| 12  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 8,06,655                                   | 190.48                                     | 8,17,540                                | 171.89                                  | 8,30,495                                   | 178.31                                     |
| 13  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 8,53,716                                   | 192.52                                     | 8,58,653                                | 182.64                                  | 8,80,247                                   | 201.07                                     |
| 14  | JHARKHAND                                    | 18,42,849                                  | 633.38                                     | 19,97,392                               | 546.02                                  | 19,83,858                                  | 650.36                                     |
| 15  | KARNATAKA                                    | 43,04,824                                  | 958.27                                     | 43,48,125                               | 941.85                                  | 43,95,092                                  | 897.90                                     |
| 16  | KERALA                                       | 27,57,444                                  | 637.26                                     | 28,15,234                               | 597.95                                  | 28,78,013                                  | 636.28                                     |
| 17  | LADAKH                                       | 18,192                                     | 4.05                                       | 18,208                                  | 3.77                                    | 18,400                                     | 3.89                                       |
| 18  | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 1,972                                      | 0.54                                       | 2,198                                   | 0.45                                    | 2,303                                      | 0.50                                       |
| 19  | MADHYA PRADESH                               | 80,80,410                                  | 1,679.85                                   | 81,37,378                               | 1,682.12                                | 83,33,799                                  | 1,767.03                                   |
| 20  | MAHARASHTRA                                  | 91,43,101                                  | 1,940.12                                   | 91,43,517                               | 1,888.54                                | 92,60,727                                  | 1,961.26                                   |
| 21  | MANIPUR                                      | 79,194                                     | 28.01                                      | 85,932                                  | 42.79                                   | 85,965                                     | 25.60                                      |
| 22  | MEGHALAYA                                    | 1,30,649                                   | 49.02                                      | 1,50,413                                | 33.91                                   | 1,82,513                                   | 44.22                                      |
| 23  | MIZORAM                                      | 99,140                                     | 36.82                                      | 1,10,964                                | 31.68                                   | 1,23,524                                   | 33.65                                      |
| 24  | NAGALAND                                     | 1,62,277                                   | 49.02                                      | 1,71,921                                | 42.84                                   | 1,85,868                                   | 49.41                                      |
| 25  | ODISHA                                       | 30,58,332                                  | 737.89                                     | 31,50,678                               | 689.02                                  | 34,92,835                                  | 924.18                                     |
| 26  | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 8,182                                      | 1.73                                       | 8,033                                   | 1.64                                    | 8,032                                      | 1.65                                       |
| 27  | PUNJAB                                       | 8,40,274                                   | 290.56                                     | 9,26,132                                | 272.81                                  | 10,23,521                                  | 327.46                                     |
| 28  | RAJASTHAN                                    | 67,25,726                                  | 1,525.64                                   | 70,32,027                               | 1,545.08                                | 73,06,768                                  | 1,661.37                                   |
| 29  | SIKKIM                                       | 24,364                                     | 6.40                                       | 28,104                                  | 6.66                                    | 30,515                                     | 7.17                                       |
| 30  | TAMIL NADU                                   | 21,83,435                                  | 460.03                                     | 21,94,651                               | 455.94                                  | 22,50,180                                  | 490.42                                     |
| 31  | TELANGANA                                    | 30,98,123                                  | 654.66                                     | 30,77,516                               | 627.51                                  | 31,06,592                                  | 649.15                                     |
| 32  | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 11,567                                     | 2.56                                       | 11,587                                  | 2.44                                    | 11,691                                     | 2.46                                       |
| 33  | TRIPURA                                      | 2,25,528                                   | 55.50                                      | 2,29,366                                | 47.67                                   | 2,36,514                                   | 50.82                                      |
| 34  | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 2,14,86,114                                | 4,830.39                                   | 2,25,79,461                             | 4,982.59                                | 2,35,42,883                                | 5,489.68                                   |
| 35  | UTTARAKHAND WEST BENGAL                      | 7,86,760 44,98,404                         | 177.97 964.42                              | 7,96,983                                | 168.76                                  | 8,20,368 45,55,495                         | 180.94 979.03                              |
|     | Grand Total                                  | 9,38,01,342                                |                                            | 45,03,169 9,59,26,746                   | 931.55                                  |                                            |                                            |
| 36  |                                              |                                            | 21,056.75                                  |                                         | 20,665.51                               | 9,88,42,900                                | 22,270.45                                  |

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