Lok Sabha Question No. 437 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: PM- Kisan Scheme in Maharashtra
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Mohite Patil Dhairyasheel Rajsinh, Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil, Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 437

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2025

## PM- KISAN SCHEME IN MAHARASHTRA

437. Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare: Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane: Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad: Smt. Supriya Sule: Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe: Shri Sanjay Dina Patil: Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Shri Mohite Patil Dhairyasheel Rajsinh:

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

(a) the  total  number of landholding farmer  families  in  Maharashtra  who have been registered under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme since its inception;

(b) the total amount of funds disbursed to eligible farmers in Maharashtra under the scheme, year-wise, since inception;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  implemented  digital  infrastructure  and  Aadhaarseeding  to  ensure  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  and  eliminate  middlemen  in Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether there have been any delays or grievances in the receipt of PM-KISAN instalments  by  farmers  in  Maharashtra  and  if  so,  the  reasons  and  steps  taken  to address them;

(e)  the  district-wise  data  of  beneficiaries  in  Maharashtra,  including  the  number  of verified, pending and rejected applications under the scheme;

(f)  the details  of the exclusion criteria under PM-KISAN and the number of farmers excluded in Maharashtra based on these provisions; and

(g) the future roadmap for strengthening digital monitoring and grievance redressal under PMKISAN in Maharashtra, especially for small and marginal farmers in remote areas?

## ANSWER

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

(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, directly into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of  farmers  through  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  mode.  Under  the  PM-KISAN Scheme, cultivable landholding is primary eligibility criteria to receive benefit of the Scheme subject to some certain exclusions relating to higher income status.

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. In the State of Maharashtra, all payments are made via the Aadhaar mode  using  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT).  Maintaining  absolute  transparency  in registering and verifying beneficiaries, the Government of India has disbursed over Rs 3.69 lakh Cr to farmers in 19 installments since inception. The instalment-wise data of the beneficiaries covered and amount released to them in the State of Maharashtra is attached at Annexure-1.

(d)  to  (g):  The  registration  of  farmers  in  the  Scheme  is  an  ongoing  process.  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.

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. 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,  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.

The District-wise data of beneficiaries so benefited under 19 th  instalment is given at Annexure-2.

The details of exclusion criteria under the PM-Kisan Scheme are as under:-

- (1) All Institutional Land holders; and
- (2) Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories :
- i) Former and present holders of constitutional posts
4. ii) Former and present Ministers / State Ministers and former / present Members of Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha / State Legislative Assemblies / State Legislative Councils, former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
5. iii) All serving or retired officers and employees of Central / State Government Ministries / Offices / Departments and their field units, Central or State PSEs and Attached offices / Autonomous Institutions under Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV / Group D employees)
6. iv) All superannuated / retired pensioners whose  monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-  or  more  (Excluding  Multi  Tasking  Staff  /  Class  IV  /  Group  D employees)
- v) Income Tax Payee.
8. vi)  Professionals  like  Doctors,  Engineers,  Lawyers,  Chartered  Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.
- (3)  In  case  of  new  beneficiaries  being  uploaded  on  the  PM-KISAN  Portal, all  land holding  farmers'  families  who  are  Non-resident  Indians  (NRIs)  in  terms  of  the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall be excluded from any benefit under the Scheme.

A  dedicated  'Farmers  Corner'  has  been  provided  on  the  PM-KISAN  portal where a number of facilities have been provided to farmers including checking their beneficiary status and instalment payment details. There is an additional functionality i.e. Know Your Status, provided on the portal for the farmers to check their eligibility and payment status. Farmers can also visit their local Common Service Center where they can get their beneficiary status and instalment payment details checked.

PM-KISAN Scheme has a robust grievance redressal mechanism to resolve any  issues  including  issues  related  related  to  non-receipt  of  funds.  There  is  a dedicated grievance module on the PM-KISAN Portal for raising grievances by the farmers. Apart from the PM-KISAN grievance module, farmers can also register their grievances  through  Centralized  Public  Grievance  Redress  and  Monitoring  System ( CPGRAMS)  Portal.  These  grievances  are  addressed  by  the  State/District  level officials in a time bound manner. Further, considering the large beneficiary base of the scheme,  to  promptly  address  the  general  queries  and  grievances  raised  by  the beneficiaries, a voice-based PM-KISAN AI Chatbot (Kisan e-Mitra) was developed. This Chatbot provides quick, accurate, and clear responses to farmers' queries round the  clock  in  their  native  languages,  making  the  system  more  accessible  and  userfriendly. It is accessible on all platforms such as web, mobile, etc. The Kisan eMitra Chatbot  currently  operates  in  11  languages-English,  Hindi,  Odia,  Tamil,  Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi.

Annexure-1 Instalment-wise data of the beneficiaries covered and amount released to them

in the State of Maharashtra

| Instalment      | Beneficiaries benefitted   | In Rs. Crore   |
|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------|
| 1st Instalment  | 21,84,099                  | 436.82         |
| 2nd Instalment  | 45,23,526                  | 1,010.08       |
| 3rd Instalment  | 71,47,272                  | 1,940.37       |
| 4th Instalment  | 86,34,898                  | 1,948.55       |
| 5th Instalment  | 96,97,604                  | 2,189.07       |
| 6th Instalment  | 1,05,21,072                | 2,282.52       |
| 7th Instalment  | 1,03,93,400                | 2,201.31       |
| 8th Instalment  | 92,38,857                  | 1,928.16       |
| 9th Instalment  | 1,02,52,879                | 2,316.49       |
| 10th Instalment | 1,04,45,465                | 2,187.88       |
| 11th Instalment | 1,01,26,242                | 2,059.92       |
| 12th Instalment | 90,27,279                  | 1,889.64       |
| 13th Instalment | 81,23,208                  | 1,709.27       |
| 14th Instalment | 85,60,249                  | 1,867.25       |
| 15th Instalment | 84,54,963                  | 1,996.38       |
| 16th Instalment | 89,61,907                  | 2,025.42       |
| 17th Instalment | 91,43,117                  | 1,940.12       |
| 18th Instalment | 91,43,729                  | 1,888.58       |
| 19th Instalment | 93,28,286                  | 2,013.51       |

## Annexure-2

## The District-wise data of beneficiaries benefitted under 19 th  instalment of PM-KISAN in the State of Maharashtra

| #   | District                  | No. of Beneficiaries   | Amount disbursed (in Cr)   |
|-----|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1   | Ahilyanagar               | 5,52,246               | 117.27                     |
| 2   | Akola                     | 1,91,078               | 41.40                      |
| 3   | Amravati                  | 2,75,585               | 58.94                      |
| 4   | Beed                      | 3,80,699               | 83.49                      |
| 5   | Bhandara                  | 2,20,060               | 47.98                      |
| 6   | Buldhana                  | 3,46,264               | 75.62                      |
| 7   | Chandrapur                | 2,51,215               | 53.81                      |
| 8   | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 3,47,218               | 72.33                      |
| 9   | Dharashiv                 | 2,37,736               | 51.62                      |
| 10  | Dhule                     | 1,57,944               | 35.65                      |
| 11  | Gadchiroli                | 1,53,237               | 32.83                      |
| 12  | Gondia                    | 2,23,558               | 47.49                      |
| 13  | Hingoli                   | 1,77,389               | 36.87                      |
| 14  | Jalgaon                   | 4,09,517               | 90.44                      |
| 15  | Jalna                     | 3,01,835               | 65.33                      |
| 16  | Kolhapur                  | 4,85,239               | 108.96                     |
| 17  | Latur                     | 2,73,037               | 57.67                      |
| 18  | Nagpur                    | 1,81,602               | 40.99                      |
| 19  | Nanded                    | 3,86,292               | 80.42                      |
| 20  | Nandurbar                 | 1,05,525               | 22.64                      |
| 21  | Nashik                    | 4,42,606               | 94.02                      |
| 22  | Palghar                   | 1,01,676               | 21.71                      |
| 23  | Parbhani                  | 2,52,285               | 53.38                      |
| 24  | Pune                      | 4,46,545               | 94.58                      |
| 25  | Raigad                    | 1,18,110               | 26.29                      |
| 26  | Ratnagiri                 | 1,59,266               | 36.17                      |
| 27  | Sangli                    | 4,00,374               | 84.20                      |
| 28  | Satara                    | 4,53,007               | 99.80                      |
| 29  | Sindhudurg                | 1,23,170               | 26.37                      |
| 30  | Solapur                   | 5,05,172               | 110.22                     |
| 31  | Thane                     | 74,051                 | 16.28                      |
| 32  | Wardha                    | 1,31,372               | 27.96                      |
| 33  | Washim                    | 1,68,110               | 37.49                      |
| 34  | Yavatmal                  | 2,95,266               | 63.28                      |
|     | Grand Total               | 93,28,286              | 2,013.51                   |