Benefits and Eligibility conditions
- All land-holding eligible farmer families (subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria) are to avail of the benefits under this scheme, as per the cabinet decision taken in May 2019. The revised Scheme is expected to cover around 2 crores more farmers, increasing the coverage of PM-KISAN to around 14.5 crore beneficiaries.
- Under the scheme, the financial benefit has been provided to all Small and Marginal landholder farmer families with total cultivable holding up to 2 hectares with a benefit of Rs.6000 per annum per family payable in three equal installments, every four months.
Exclusion Categories Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
- All Institutional Landholders.
- Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories
- Former and present holders of constitutional posts
- Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of LokSabha/ RajyaSabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils,former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
- All serving or retired officers and employees of Central/ State Government Ministries /Offices/Departments and its field units Central or State PSEs and Attached offices /Autonomous Institutions under Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff /Class IV/Group D employees)
- All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees) of above category
- All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year
- Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.
Benefits– Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Financial benefit of Rs. 6000 per annum per family payable in three equal installments of Rs 2000 each, every four months.
Eligibility
All landholding farmers’ families, which have cultivable land holding in their names are eligible to get benefit under the scheme.
Exclusions
The following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be eligible for benefit under the scheme:-
- All Institutional Land holders.
- Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories
- Former and present holders of constitutional posts
- Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of LokSabha/ RajyaSabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils,former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
- All serving or retired officers and employees of Central/ State Government Ministries /Offices/Departments and its field units Central or State PSEs and Attached offices /Autonomous Institutions under Government as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff /Class IV/Group D employees)
- All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees) of above category
- All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year
- Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.
Application Process
Following are the prerequisites for the enrollment process:
- Aadhaar Card
- Landholding paper
- Saving bank account
- The VLE will fill the complete details of Farmer registration details like, State, district, subdistrict block, and village, key-in the Aadhaar number, Name of beneficiary, category, Bank detail, Land Registration ID and Date of birth as printed on aadhaar card for authentication..
- The VLE will fill the Land details like Survey/ Kahta No., Khasra no. and area of land as per mention in land holding papers.
- Upload the supporting document like Land, Aadhar, Bank passbook.
- Self declaration accept and save the application form.
- After save the application form make payment through CSC ID.
- Check the Beneficiary status through Aadhar number
Documents Required
Indicative Documents
- Aadhaar Card
- Landholding papers
- Savings Bank Account.
FAQ- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
No. The Scheme for all farmer families irrespective of the size of their landholdings
Yes. The ambit of the scheme has been extended to cover all farmer families, irrespective of the size of their land holdings.
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, all landholding farmers' families shall be provided the financial benefit of Rs.6000 per annum per family payable in three equal installments of Rs.2000 each, every four months.
All landholding farmers' families shall be provided the financial benefit of Rs.6000/- per annum per family payable in three equal installments of Rs.200O/- each, every four months.
All landholding farmers' families, which have cultivable land holding in their names are eligible to get benefit under the scheme
No, You are not eligible for the scheme.
In case of incorrect declaration, the beneficiary shall be liable for recovery of transferred financial benefit and other penal actions as per law. Whether the benefits of the scheme are admissible to only Small & Marginal Farmers' (SMF) families?
Will any individual or farmer family owning more than 2 hectare of cultivable land get any benefit under the scheme?
What are the benefit of the scheme?
How many times the benefit will be given in a year?
Who are eligible to get benefits under the Scheme?
My Family Member are income Tax Payer, am I Eligible for the scheme?
What will happen if the beneficiary gives incorrect declaration for the implementation of the Scheme?