About the scheme:

• • Aim : To provide assured income support to the small and marginal farmers.
  • The income support of Rs. 6000/ was given to the farmers irrespective of the size of their land holdings  (Previously it was up to 2 hectares).
  • The income will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiary farmers, in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each.
  • Eligibility : All landholder farmer’s 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.

Why in News?

• According to the latest official data, a total 9.67 crore farmers have been benefited and an amount of more than 19 thousand crore rupees has been released under the PM-KISAN scheme during the last two months.