Lok Sabha Question No. 2326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Women Farmers under PM-KISAN
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Shri Mohite Patil Dhairyasheel Rajsinh, Shri Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao, Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil, Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad, Shri Amar Sharadrao Kale, Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare, Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2326

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  AUGUST, 2024

## WOMEN FARMERS UNDER PM-KISAN

2326. SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE: SMT. SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL: SHRI AASHTIKAR PATIL NAGESH BAPURAO: SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE: SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE: SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRI AMAR SHARADRAO KALE: PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  been  implementing  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) for farmers;

(b) if so, the amount given by the Government to the women farmers in the country particularly in the State of Maharashtra under PM-KISAN during the current year;

(c) whether the Government has identified the total number of women farmers eligible for the said support in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  sought  data  of  women  farmers  from  the  State Governments in the country and if so, the details thereof and the response of various States in this regard;

(e) whether many illiterate women are not getting the benefits of this scheme because they are unable to link Aadhaar Card with their Bank Accounts and if so, the details thereof including the steps taken by the Government to ensure that women members are getting the benefits under the scheme; and

(f) whether the Government is contemplating to double the amount given at present to strengthen and empower the women farmers in the country and if so, the details of guidelines issued thereof and the time by which it is likely to be started?

## ANSWER

## 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 land-holding farmers. Under this scheme, the financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year in three equal installments  is  transferred  into  the  bank  accounts  of  farmers'  families  across  the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. The PM-KISAN scheme is one of the largest DBT Schemes of the World.

A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured the benefits of the scheme reach all the farmers across the country without any involvement of the intermediaries. Maintaining  absolute  transparency  in  registering  and  verifying  beneficiaries,  the Government of India has so far disbursed over Rs. 3.24 lakh Cr to more than 11 Cr farmers in 17 instalments.

During  the  current  FY  2024-25,  17th  installment  of  PM-KIsan  Scheme  was released in June, 2024 to more than 9.26 Cr. farmers amounting to more than Rs. 20,000 Cr. Out of which, 17,47,421 are the women beneficiaries from the State of Maharashtra.

The Ministry often undertakes saturation drives in coordination with the State Governments to ensure that no eligible farmers including women farmer are left out from the Scheme.

The benefit of the scheme are released to landholder farmer's family comprising of husband, wife and minor children who owns cultivable land as per land records of the  concerned  State/UT'.    As  per  operational  guidelines  of  the  Scheme,  it  is  the responsibility of the States/UTs to identify and verify the eligible beneficiaries under the scheme. On the basis of verified data received from the States/UTs on the PMKISAN portal, the benefits are transferred to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

(f):    There is no such proposal under consideration.

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