About the PM Kisan Beneficiary Scheme:
- PM Kisan is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.
- PM Modi launched the Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in 2018, and many eligible people have benefited from it so far.
- Under the scheme an income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal instalments will be provided to all land holding farmer families.
- Definition of family for the scheme is husband, wife and minor children.
- State Government and UT administration will identify the farmer families which are eligible for support as per scheme guidelines.
- The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
- There are various Exclusion Categories for the scheme too.
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Scheme Exclusion
The following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be eligible for benefit under the scheme.
- All Institutional Land holders.
- Farmer families which belong to one or more of the 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.
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PM Kisan Beneficiary Status
- Usually, period one is between April-July, period two is between August to November, and period three falls between December to March.
- The government may announce the 11th instalment and release the funds in April first week, according to news reports.
- Below is the data of the amount released in the previous instalment account to PM Kisan website.
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