Who can apply for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

The Prime Minister of India introduced PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in the year 2019 for the benefit of the farmers as well as their families, where a sum of Rs 2000 was sent to the farmers. 

The objective of the yojana was to provide financial support to all landholding farmers’ families in the country to help them procure various inputs relating to agricultural activities along with domestic needs. Previously only the Small & Marginal farmers families having 2-hectare land holding were eligible under the Yojana. However, later it was revised to include all the families of farmers irrespective of the size of landholdings. Only the registered farmers families will receive a sum of Rs 6000 annually in 3 equal installments every four months. Thus, the eKYC process must be completed by the farmers for receiving the benefits. 

Eligibility and Documents required for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana:

The families of the farmer eligible for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana must qualify the following requirements-

• Small and Marginal farmers are eligible for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
• The families of those farmers holding cultivable land can apply to avail the benefits under the scheme.
• The beneficiary of the scheme must be an Indian citizen.
• Farmers from both urban as well as rural regions can be enlisted under this scheme.
• There must be no other source of income of the farmer other than agriculture who intends to receive the benefits under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.

Further to avail the benefits of the scheme, following documents are required to be submitted.

• Aadhar Card
• Proof of citizenship
• Documents substantiating the ownership of land.
• Bank account details of the beneficiary

Who is not eligible for receiving benefits?

The following category of farmers shall not be eligible for receiving the benefits under the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.

• The farmers who are institutional landholders;
• Where one or more members of the family of the farmer belong to the following categories-

1. Holding any constitutional posts earlier or presently
2. Any former or present Ministers such as State Ministers; Member of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha or State Legislative Assembly, or State Legislative Councils, Mayor or Chairperson of District Panchayats.
3. Serving or retired officers as well as employees of Central or State Ministries.
4. All the superannuated pensioners receiving a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 or more.
5. Who has paid Income Tax in the last assessment year.

In-eligible farmers wrongly taken advantage of PM Kisan Yojana:

The government lost Rs 2900 crore due to the availing of the scheme by more than 42 lakhs ineligible people. Several farmers took advantage of the scheme by giving false details whereas others were not sure of the eligibility for availing of the scheme. The scheme has certain terms and conditions, fulfilling which the money was transferred to the account of the farmer. Thus, the money which has been transferred to the ineligible farmers is now being recovered from those farmers.

According to certain reports it has been claimed that notices are being served to the ineligible farmers by the concerned authorities and the money transferred is recovered from them.

Frauds taken place during the launch of the Yojana:

Recently the administration body of Uttar Pradesh has issued a notice to 9219 ineligible farmers whereby it has ordered the deposit of money received by them. While PM Kisan Samman Niddhi Yojana was launched, several frauds took place such as both the husband and wife took advantage of the scheme, even the funds were wrongly transferred to someone else’s account or false information of Aadhar.

Consequence of the advantage wrongly taken by the farmers

Narendra Singh Tomar, the Agriculture Minister responded to a question stating that the selection or identification of the beneficiaries for PM Kisan Yojana is the State as well as Union Territory government’s responsibility. The government is also responsible for verifying the data of the beneficiaries of the scheme. The Agriculture Minister states that the government is responsible to recover the deposited amount from the ineligible farmers.  

What if the fund has been transferred to someone else’s account wrongfully?

 The installments of the Yojana are transferred to the bank account of the farmers which is linked with their Aadhar Card. However, there has been a major failure in payment earlier due to incorrect registration of information regarding the Aadhar number or account number.

You can correct your Aadhar details by the following steps;

1. Go to the PM Kisan website pmkisan.gov.in.

2. You will see a link above ‘Farmers Corner’, click this link

3. You will see a link ‘Aadhaar edit’, click on it.

4. A page will open where you can check your Aadhaar number and correct the information.

Additionally, if the bank account details are wrong, you can correct it. However, for this, you will have to contact your agriculture department office or Lekhpal. You can get it corrected by going there.

Conclusion

The condition of the farmers in India has been in a poor state since the beginning. Earlier there has been a series of suicide cases of farmers due to debts or which were taken for their agricultural purposes. This is a crucial initiative taken by the government for the farmers as well as their families. The government has been providing the benefit since its effect and now the beneficiaries are yet to receive the 11th installment for which eKYC registration has been mandated under the Yojana.

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