Last Updated: February 06, 2024, 15:50 IST
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. (Representative picture)
Launched in 2019, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) gives eligible farmers a monetary good thing about Rs 6,000 per 12 months in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each 4 months
The authorities on Tuesday knowledgeable Parliament that it has no proposal to enhance the monetary profit to farmers below PM-KISAN scheme to Rs 8,000-12,000 per 12 months. There isn’t any proposal into account to enhance the quantity even for ladies farmers below the scheme, Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda stated in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Launched in 2019, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) gives eligible farmers a monetary good thing about Rs 6,000 per 12 months in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each 4 months. The fund is instantly transferred to financial institution accounts of the beneficiaries. “No proposal is under consideration,” he stated replying to query if the federal government plans to enhance the quantity to Rs 8,000-12,000 per 12 months.
Sharing the progress made below the scheme, the minister stated the federal government has disbursed over Rs 2.81 lakh crore to greater than 11 crore farmers in 15 instalments to date. The profit is offered to complement monetary wants of land-holding farmers, he stated.
Munda additionally stated PM-KISAN is likely one of the largest Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes of the world. A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured advantages of the scheme attain all farmers throughout the nation with none involvement of the middlemen. To a separate question, the minister stated in Uttar Pradesh, 2,62,45,829 farmers have acquired the good thing about PM-KISAN since inception of the scheme.
As per operational pointers of the scheme, it’s accountability of states/UTs to establish and confirm eligible beneficiaries below the scheme.
