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Date: 2025-08-05 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Funds Scheme to PM-KISAN

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Executive Summary: This document provides the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare's response to questions regarding the PM KISAN scheme, a central sector scheme providing financial assistance to farmers. It details the progress in fund disbursement during FY 2024-25, identifies ineligible beneficiaries, addresses application statuses, and outlines Aadhaar-based verification. The data includes disbursement details up to July 16, 2025. Key Points / Main Content: * **Scheme Overview:** * PM KISAN provides Rs 6,000 per year to farmers with cultivable landholding, disbursed in three equal installments via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to Aadhaar-seeded accounts. * Cultivable landholding is a primary eligibility criterion, with exclusions based on higher income status. * **Fund Disbursement and Transparency:** * Over Rs 3.90 lakh Cr disbursed through 20 installments since the scheme's inception in February 2019. * Benefits released to eligible farmers after successful Aadhaar demo authentication and via Aadhaar-based payment. * Instalment-wise details for FY 2024-25 are attached in the annexure. * **Application Process:** * Registration is ongoing via the PMKISAN Portal, App, and Common Service Centers (CSCs). * States/UTs approve applications after verification; incomplete applications may be rejected. * Approved applications are processed immediately, with benefits released in subsequent installments. * **Technological Interventions:** * Integration with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax Department for transparency and efficiency. * Mandatory land seeding, Aadhaar-based payment, and eKYC were introduced. Benefits were stopped for farmers not meeting these criteria until requirements are met. * **Ineligible Beneficiaries and Recovery:** * States/UTs are mandated to recover amounts from ineligible farmers, such as income tax payees and government employees. * Rs. 416 Cr. has been recovered from ineligible beneficiaries across the country. * **FY 2024-25 Disbursement Details (Annexure):** * Provides State-wise, instalment-wise data on the number of beneficiaries and amount disbursed for the 17th, 18th and 19th installments in FY 2024-25, as of 16.07.2025. Impact Analysis: **Farmers:** * *Impact:* Receives financial assistance, subject to eligibility criteria and Aadhaar verification. Those who did not complete mandatory requirements had their benefits stopped until requirements are met. * *Action Required:* Ensure Aadhaar seeding, land seeding, and eKYC are completed. Register through designated channels and provide accurate information. **State/UT Governments:** * *Impact:* Responsible for verifying applications and identifying ineligible beneficiaries. * *Action Required:* Approve applications after due verification, recover funds from ineligible beneficiaries, and provide verified data to the PMKISAN portal. **Government of India (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare):** * *Impact:* Oversees the scheme's implementation, disburses funds, and integrates technological interventions. * *Action Required:* Continue monitoring the scheme's progress, ensure transparency, and release benefits to eligible farmers based on verified data.

Key Entities Referenced

PM KISAN scheme: A central sector scheme launched in February 2019 to supplement the financial needs of farmers with cultivable landholding, providing Rs 6,000 per year in three equal installments. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare. Aadhaar: 12 digit unique identity number issued to all Indian residents based on their biometric and demographic data, used for beneficiary verification and payment. Direct Benefit Transfer DBT: A mechanism to transfer benefits directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries, used in the PMKISAN scheme. Rs 3.90 lakh Cr: The total amount disbursed under the PMKISAN scheme since its inception. PFMS: Public Financial Management System, integrated with PMKISAN to ease the registration process for farmers and bring in transparency. UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India, integrated with PMKISAN to ease the registration process for farmers and bring in transparency. Income Tax Department: Integrated with PMKISAN to ease the registration process for farmers and bring in transparency.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2707 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05TH AUGUST, 2025 FUNDS SCHEME TO PM-KISAN 2707. DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO: Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण मं(cid:287)ी be pleased to state: (a) the progress made in disbursing of funds under the PM KISAN scheme during FY 2024, State-wise; (b) the number of ineligible beneficiaries identified and the amount recovered from them; (c) the details and total number of applications received under the scheme in 2024 and the number of applications rejected, State-wise; and (d) the timeline fixed for implementing Aadhaar-based verification for all beneficiaries? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)य म(cid:287)ं ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR) (a) to (d): 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 3.90 lakh Cr. through 20 installments since inception of the Scheme.The benefits of the Scheme are released to eligible farmers whose Aadhaar demo authentication is successful and the benefits are released via Aadhaar based payment. The instalment-wise details of the benefits so released in FY 2024-25 is attached at Annexure. The registration of farmers in the Scheme is an ongoing process and is open to farmers of all States/UTs. 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 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 State-wise, instalment-wise details of beneficiaries under PM-KISAN in FY 2024-25, as on 16.07.2025 17th Instalment 18th Instalment Amount Amount # State No. of No. of Disbursed (in Disbursed (in Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Cr) Cr) 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 12,546 2.80 12,832 2.80 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 41,40,576 875.56 41,22,500 836.36 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 67,613 18.55 90,473 25.60 4 ASSAM 18,14,353 426.08 18,87,589 403.53 5 BIHAR 76,55,855 1,598.95 75,81,033 1,544.52 6 CHANDIGARH 349 0.08 15 0.00 7 CHHATTISGARH 24,31,803 577.36 25,07,764 570.00 8 DELHI 10,808 2.51 10,829 2.26 9 GOA 6,322 1.36 6,333 1.33 10 GUJARAT 48,45,936 1,084.42 49,12,382 1,038.73 11 HARYANA 15,87,993 362.17 15,99,904 342.29 12 HIMACHAL PRADESH 8,06,658 190.49 8,17,551 171.90 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 8,53,719 192.53 8,58,660 182.65 14 JHARKHAND 18,42,854 633.39 19,98,474 546.37 15 KARNATAKA 43,04,824 958.27 43,48,126 941.85 16 KERALA 27,57,444 637.26 28,15,241 597.95 17 LADAKH 18,192 4.05 18,208 3.77 18 LAKSHADWEEP 1,972 0.54 2,198 0.45 19 MADHYA PRADESH 80,80,414 1,679.85 81,37,388 1,682.12 20 MAHARASHTRA 91,43,117 1,940.12 91,43,729 1,888.58 21 MANIPUR 79,198 28.01 85,936 42.79 22 MEGHALAYA 1,30,649 49.02 1,50,413 33.91 23 MIZORAM 99,140 36.82 1,10,998 31.69 24 NAGALAND 1,62,277 49.02 1,71,922 42.84 25 ODISHA 30,58,332 737.89 31,50,684 689.02 26 PUDUCHERRY 8,182 1.73 8,033 1.64 27 PUNJAB 8,40,274 290.56 9,26,150 272.82 28 RAJASTHAN 67,25,793 1,525.71 70,32,147 1,545.17 29 SIKKIM 24,364 6.40 28,146 6.75 30 TAMIL NADU 21,83,435 460.03 21,94,666 455.94 31 TELANGANA 30,98,123 654.69 30,77,516 627.51 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 32 11,567 2.56 11,587 2.44 AND DAMAN AND DIU 33 TRIPURA 2,25,528 55.50 2,29,366 47.67 34 UTTAR PRADESH 2,14,86,203 4,830.47 2,25,79,663 4,982.65 35 UTTARAKHAND 7,86,763 177.97 7,97,001 168.78 36 WEST BENGAL 44,98,404 964.42 45,03,171 931.55 Grand Total 9,38,01,580 21,057.13 9,59,28,628 20,666.2019th Instalment # State No. of Beneficiaries Amount Disbursed (in Cr) 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 13,353 3.18 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 41,59,954 888.05 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 94,953 22.63 4 ASSAM 21,23,678 499.03 5 BIHAR 76,13,623 1,609.42 6 CHANDIGARH 2 0.00 7 CHHATTISGARH 26,14,078 622.65 8 DELHI 11,171 2.59 9 GOA 6,387 1.35 10 GUJARAT 52,01,076 1,181.19 11 HARYANA 16,53,741 372.25 12 HIMACHAL PRADESH 8,40,337 193.90 13 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 8,86,357 207.99 14 JHARKHAND 22,58,127 833.17 15 KARNATAKA 44,11,964 942.17 16 KERALA 28,97,701 653.62 17 LADAKH 18,472 3.93 18 LAKSHADWEEP 2,306 0.50 19 MADHYA PRADESH 85,05,361 1,817.28 20 MAHARASHTRA 93,28,286 2,013.51 21 MANIPUR 1,80,263 146.88 22 MEGHALAYA 1,91,642 46.75 23 MIZORAM 1,27,436 48.63 24 NAGALAND 1,87,908 52.22 25 ODISHA 35,14,607 970.37 26 PUDUCHERRY 8,044 1.69 27 PUNJAB 10,58,688 373.04 28 RAJASTHAN 76,19,638 1,804.53 29 SIKKIM 31,612 7.85 30 TAMIL NADU 22,58,779 501.87 31 TELANGANA 31,13,972 655.89 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND 32 11,806 2.54 DAMAN AND DIU 33 TRIPURA 2,38,435 52.14 34 UTTAR PRADESH 2,40,64,673 5,781.62 35 UTTARAKHAND 8,27,797 185.06 36 WEST BENGAL 46,09,388 1,001.36 Grand Total 10,06,85,615 23,500.83 *****

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