PM KISAN

PM KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)

About the scheme:

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) PM Kisan Samman Nidhi is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from Government of India. It was launched on 24^th February, 2019 to supplement financial needs of land holding farmers.

Aim: To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support to all landholding farmers’ families across the country.

The Scheme initially provided income support to all Small and Marginal Farmers’ families across the country, holding cultivable land upto 2 hectares. Its ambit was later. expanded w.e.f. 01.06.2019 to cover all farmer.

Change families in the country irrespective of the size of their Tand holdings.” Under the Scheme an amount of Rs. 6000/- per year is transferred in three 4-monthly installments of Rs. 2000/- directly into the bank accounts of the farmers, subject to certain exclusion criteria relating to higher income status.

Eligibility:

All landholder farmers’ families in the country are eligible for the PM-Kisan Scheme subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria. Farmers who do not own any land are not eligible for this scheme.

Excluded from the scheme:

Institutional land holders, Farmer families holding constitutional posts, Serving or retired officers and employees of state/central government as well as PSUs and government autonomous bodies.Professionals like doctors, engineers and lawyers as well as retired pensioners with a monthly pension of over Rs 10,000 and those who paid income tax in the last assessment year.

Identification of beneficiaries:

The responsibility of identifying the eligible beneficiary farmers and uploading their data on PM-KISAN portal lies entirely with the state governments.

The Central government has releases the instalment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN.

PM kisan status: It included transfer of more than Rs. 18 thousand crore to more than 9 crore beneficiary farmer families.n the three years, benefits under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) have been provided to about 11.78 Crore farmers and funds amounting to Rs 1.82 lakh crore in various installments have been released to the eligible beneficiaries of this scheme across India.pm kisan status

• PM-KISAN Mobile App: It was developed and designed by the National Informatics Centre in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• Physical Verification Module: A mandatory physical verification of 5% beneficiary every year is being done as per the provisions laid down in the scheme.
  

  Challenges in PM KISAN Scheme

  • Lack of Data Base: The scheme was hurriedly announced right ahead of the 2018 elections and then the government did not have proper database of farmers.
  • Difficulty in Identifying Beneficiary Farmers.
  • No provision for landless or tenant farmers: Around 14.3 crore landless farmers (census 2011) are not able to avail this scheme. Mainly due to the fact they are not the landholders and are contract farmers.
  • Providing Inadequate financial support.
  • Implementation issues like incomplete land records, land disputes.
  • Lack of infrastructure and uncertainty in agricultural markets have adversely affected agricultural productivity and stability of farm incomes.

Government’s stance

• No money was transferred to any fraud beneficiary under the PM-KISAN scheme, adding that the benefits have been transferred directly into bank accounts only after the receipt of 100% error-free data of farmers from States, which is validated through Aadhaar or the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) database.

Evaluation

• Central Government’s PM Kisan is in line with Rythu Bandhu scheme of Telangana and the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) of Odisha.
• The agricultural sector employs more than 50 percent of the total workforce in India, while its contribution to GDP is declining and stands at around 17-18 percent of GDP. Any measure aimed at enhancing rural employment is the best way to address agrarian distress.
• PM Kisan will boost rural consumption if implemented properly. But rollout of the scheme is not easy as it depends on proper land records.
• Rythu Bandhu scheme of Telangana is  the first direct farmer welfare support scheme in India, where cash is paid directly. It provides 58.33 lakh farmers Rs 4,000 per acre per season to support farm investment, twice a year, for the rabi and kharif seasons.

 

The new mobile app is very easy to use and easily available to download in Google Play Store.