## PM-KISAN Scheme: Policy Summary (as of July 29, 2025)
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, a central sector initiative launched in February 2019, provides income support to farmers with cultivable landholdings across India. The scheme disburses INR 6,000 annually in three equal installments of INR 2,000 directly into the Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of eligible farmers via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
Eligibility is primarily based on cultivable landholding, subject to exclusions for individuals with higher income status. The Government of India has disbursed over INR 3.69 lakh crore through 19 installments since the scheme's inception. As of July 16, 2025, the 19th installment (December 2024 - March 2025) reached 10,06,85,615 beneficiaries, amounting to INR 23,500.83 crore. The largest number of beneficiaries was recorded in the 11th installment (April - July 2022) with 10,48,45,164 farmers receiving benefits.
To enhance transparency and efficiency, the scheme leverages a farmer-centric digital infrastructure and incorporates technological interventions like integration with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax Department. Land seeding, Aadhaar-based payments, and eKYC are mandatory requirements for beneficiaries. The scheme mandates States/UTs to recover funds from ineligible beneficiaries, such as income tax payers and government employees. To date, INR 416 crore has been recovered from ineligible beneficiaries.
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur, provided this information in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
PMKISAN: A central sector scheme (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) launched in February 2019 to supplement the financial needs of farmers with cultivable landholding.
Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare.
Aadhaar: A 12-digit unique identity number issued to all Indian residents based on their biometric and demographic data.
Direct Benefit Transfer DBT: A mechanism to transfer subsidies directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
PFMS: Public Financial Management System, used for integration with the PMKISAN scheme.
UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India, the issuer of Aadhaar numbers, integrated with PMKISAN.
Income Tax Department: The government agency responsible for income tax collection, integrated with PMKISAN for verification purposes.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
BENEFICIARIES UNDER PM-KISAN
Posted On: 29 JUL 2025 3:58PM by PIB Delhi
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 farmers with cultivable land-holding. 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. 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 the benefits of the scheme reach all the 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 3.69 lakh Cr. through 19 installments
since inception of the Scheme. The instalment-wise details of the same is attached at Annexure.
Benefits of the PM-KISAN 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.
States/UTs have been 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.
Annexure
Instalment-wise details of funds released under PM-KISAN, as on 16.07.2025
Amount
Sr. No. Instalment period No. of Beneficiaries
(in Rs. Cr.)
1 Dec., 2018 - March, 2019 3,16,21,743 6,324.35
2 April, 2019 - July, 2019 6,00,34,864 13,272.01
3 August, 2019 - Nov, 2019 7,66,01,029 17,527.13
4 Dec., 2019- March, 2020 8,20,91,667 17,943.00
5 April, 2020- July, 2020 9,26,93,999 20,989.49
6 August, 2020- Nov, 2020 9,72,27,546 20,476.33
7 Dec., 2020- March, 2021 9,84,76,200 20,475.15
8 April, 2021- July, 2021 9,99,17,958 22,416.19
9 August, 2021- Nov, 2021 10,34,47,290 22,395.79
10 Dec., 2021- March, 2022 10,41,68,513 22,343.5511 April, 2022 - July, 2022 10,48,45,164 22,618.80
12 August, 2022 - Nov, 2022 8,57,40,741 18,042.08
13 Dec, 2022 - March, 2023 8,12,38,919 17,650.61
14 April, 2023 - July, 2023 8,56,79,091 19,203.93
15 August, 2023 - Nov, 2023 8,12,16,697 19,596.81
16 Dec., 2023 - March, 2024 9,04,44,694 23,092.29
17 April, 2024 - July, 2024 9,38,01,580 21,057.13
18 August, 2024 - Nov, 2024 9,59,28,628 20,666.20
19 Dec., 2024 - March, 2025 10,06,85,615 23,500.83
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath Thakur
in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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