New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 12th instalment of benefits worth ₹16,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to more than 10 crore farmers on 17 October, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said in a statement.
With the release, the total amount transferred to beneficiaries is expected to cross well over ₹2.16 trillion, it said.
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme was launched by Modi in 2019. The scheme aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country with cultivable land, subject to certain exclusions.
Under the scheme, an amount of ₹6000 per year is released in 4-month instalments of ₹2000 each directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. In a financial year, PM Kisan instalment is credited thrice through –Period 1 from April-July; Period 2 from August to November; and Period 3 from December to March.
Funds are directly credited to the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer.
So far, more than ₹2 trillion have been transferred under PM-KISAN through 11 instalments. Of this, ₹1.6 trillion was transferred during the COVID pandemic period.
Status will be checked by mobile number
Before sending the money of the 12th installment, a major change has been made in the PM Kisan scheme. Now the beneficiary farmers will not be able to check their status from the Aadhaar number by visiting the portal. They will now have to give the registered mobile number to see the status. In the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana, earlier the status could be known from mobile or Aadhaar number. But, after this the rules were changed and the exemption was given to check the status only through Aadhaar. However, now in the new rule, farmers will be able to check the status from the registered mobile number only.
How to check status?
- First go to pmkisan.gov.in and click on Beneficiary Status in the right site small box.
- After this a separate page will open in front of you. In this you have to enter your registration number. This will let you know the status.
- If you want to check the status by mobile number, then select Search by mobile number, after that you type mobile number linked to account in the enter value.
- After this, Inter Image text will appear in front of you, in which box you will have to enter the image code and click on Get Data.
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