PM Kisan Latest Updates: The rules under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi or PM Kisan Recent changes have been made with the aim of curbing fraud. below PM Kisan Yojana, only a certain category of farmers get the benefit. However, states have reported several fraudsters who have claimed benefits under the scheme and received undue benefits of Rs 6,000 per year. To curb more scams in registration of PM KisanFarmers will have to share their ration card numbers to get benefits under the scheme.
What is the new change under PM Kisan?
Under the new rule, all farmers will also have to share their ration card information while registering. PM Kisan Plan. Now you will also have to upload the soft copy of your ration card on PM Kisan portal while registering for the scheme. Along with this, the government has also made it mandatory to do e-KYC of the scheme. However, the government has done away with the process of submitting hard copies of land details, Aadhar card, bank passbook and others. You will get the benefit of PM Kisan only when you submit all your documents and they will be verified.
PM-Kisan Eligibility Criteria
Any government scheme has a certain eligibility criteria, on the basis of which benefits are released. Mall and marginal farmers who are Indian citizens are eligible for PM Kisan Yojana. In addition, all the landholder farmer families having cultivable land in their name are eligible to get benefits under the scheme. Also, now you need to do PM-Kisan eKYC to get the benefits of the scheme.
PM Kisan- eKYC Mandatory
The government has made it mandatory for eligible farmers to do eKYC in order to continue receiving the benefits of PM Kisan. “EKYC is mandatory for PM-Kisan registered farmers. OTP based eKYC is available on the PM-Kisan portal,” says a note on the website. The deadline for completing PM Kisan eKYC has been extended till July 31 this year. However, you must do so as soon as possible to continue receiving your allowance.
What is PM Kisan Yojana?
PM Kisan Yojana was launched in December 2018 under Narendra Modi Government, to provide pension to such farmer families who need financial assistance. The scheme was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February next year. The scheme is fully government backed and is applicable to all the farmers’ families with holdings. Under the PM-Kisan scheme, landholder farmers get an allowance of Rs 6,000 per year, which is distributed thrice a year in a span of four months. Till now the government has spent more than Rs 2 lakh crore on PM-Kisan scheme for the welfare of farmers.
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