Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

✦Key Features

• ₹6,000 per year in 3 installments of ₹2,000 each (DBT to bank accounts)
• 21 installments completed by Feb 2025; 9.8 crore farmers covered per installment
• Total disbursement: ₹4.09 lakh crore since inception (2019)
• All landholding farmer families eligible regardless of size of land
• e-KYC mandatory for receiving benefits (face authentication available)
• PM-KISAN Mobile App for self-registration, status tracking, and e-KYC
• Beneficiary list managed by States/UTs and verified with Aadhaar

✓Eligibility Criteria

• All landholding farmer families across the country
• Small and marginal farmers (up to 2 hectares)
• Large farmers also covered (from February 2019)
• Families should be identified through land records

★Benefits

• Rs. 2,000 transferred every four months (April-July, August-November, December-March)
• Direct transfer eliminates middlemen
• Helps meet expenses for seeds, fertilizers, and other inputs
• Provides liquidity to farmers
• Supports agricultural productivity

▶Application Process

• Self-registration at PM-KISAN web portal
• Registration through Common Service Centre (CSC)
• Submit application with required documents
• Verification by concerned revenue officials
• Receive installments in bank account every four months

₹ Budget Allocation

63500

Funding Ratio (Centre:State): 100% Central Sector Scheme

Historical Context

Announced in the Interim Budget 2019, initially for Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs), later extended to all landholding farmers.