PM Kisan eKYC UpdateIn a good news for the farmers, the government has extended the deadline for completion of eKYC for eligible farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, or PM Kisan Yojana. This year the closing deadline on March 31 has been extended till May 22, 2022, according to the website. “EKYC Deadline for All” PM Kisan Beneficiaries have been extended till May 22, 2022,” said a note on the PM Kisan website. It is to be noted that eKYC is mandatory for all beneficiary farmers to continue receiving their annual funds.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, or PM-KISAN, is a Central Sector Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme that provides Rs 6,000 annually to each eligible farmer and his family. This money is made available every year in three installments in April-July, August-November and December-March. PM Kisan Yojana was launched in December 2018 under the Narendra Modi government to provide pension to such farmer families who are in need of financial assistance.
The PM-Kisan portal uses farmers’ Aadhaar data to release these instalments, under which eKYC has become mandatory. However, after the latest extension of the date, the PM-Kisan portal no longer has the option of completing eKYC. According to the PM-KISAN website, “eKYC is mandatory for PMKISAN registered farmers. please. Contact nearest CSC centers for biometric authentication. Aadhaar based eKYC through OTP authentication has been temporarily suspended.
This means that eligible farmers will not be able to complete their eKYC using OTP authentication with Aadhaar at this time. They can only complete PM KISAN eKYC using biometric authentication. This can be done when the farmer visits the nearest Common Service Center (CSC) and shows his/her other biometric details. This is necessary to get the 11th installment of PM KISAN scheme. After the eKYC goes offline, an amount of Rs 2,000 will be deposited in the accounts of eligible farmers. If the beneficiary farmer gives wrong details, then he will be liable for the transferred benefit and he will also have to pay penalty for the same.
All landholding farmer families, having cultivable land in their name, are eligible to get benefits under PM Kisan Yojana. However, institutional landholders and those paying income tax are not eligible under the scheme.
A note on the PM Kisan website describes the scheme as, “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMISAN) is a new central sector scheme to provide income support to the families of all landholding farmers in the country for the purchase of various inputs related to Agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs. Under the scheme, the entire financial liability of transfer of benefits to the target beneficiaries will be borne by the Government of India.
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