PM Kisan: The PM-Kisan mobile app with face authentication feature was launched by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, under the ambitious and popular scheme “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi” of the central government for income support to farmers.
Best example of modern technology by using face authentication feature of this app farmer can easily complete e-KYC sitting at home by scanning face remotely, without OTP or fingerprint and send e-KYC to 100 other farmers at their home Helped in doing KYC. Recognizing the need to make e-KYC mandatory, the Government of India has extended the capacity of officers of the State Governments to perform e-KYC of farmers, so that each officer can complete the e-KYC process for 500 farmers.
Organized at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, thousands of farmers present at Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country along with officials from Central and State Governments and representatives of various government agencies and agriculture organizations were virtually connected to the event. On this occasion, Union Minister Tomar said that the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi is a very comprehensive and ambitious scheme of the Government of India, in the implementation of which the State Governments have played their role with great promptness, as a result of which we are able to get about 8.5 percent of the KYC today. Crore farmers are in a position to pay the installment of the scheme.
The more sophisticated this platform is, the more useful it will be for PM-Kisan. Whenever any benefit has to be given to the farmers, complete data will be available with the central and state government, so that there is no problem in data verification.
Mr. Tomar said that PM-Kisan is an innovative scheme whose benefits are being given by the central government to the farmers without any middleman. Today, with the help of technology, it has become possible to give benefits to such a large number of farmers. No one can question the execution of this entire scheme, which is a very significant achievement. In this app developed by the Government of India, the work has become much easier by using technology. Government of India has provided all the necessary facilities to the states, now if the states work more quickly then we will be able to reach all the beneficiaries and achieve the set target.
Union Minister Shri Tomar said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been continuously emphasizing that we have reached saturation if sufficient funds are available for the scheme. Work is going on in this direction in other states including Uttar Pradesh and on completion of which maximum 14 eligible farmers will be able to get benefits.th installment plan. Shri Tomar requested that all the state governments should work in this regard.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Kailash Chowdhary said in the program that the agriculture sector is benefiting from technology and the new facility of this app will provide a lot of convenience to the farmers. Union Agriculture Secretary Shri Manoj Ahuja also presented his views. Additional Secretary Mr. Pramod Kumar Mehra told about the features of the app.
The program was coordinated by the departmental advisor Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta. On this occasion, the officials of the state government also shared their experiences related to the benefits of the scheme and the app. Efforts will also be made to connect more and more farmers with the app through the youth. The youth who help in this will be given a certificate by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on the basis of prescribed criteria.
PM Kisan is one of the world’s largest DBT schemes in which Rs 6,000 is directly transferred to farmers through Aadhaar linked bank accounts in three installments in a year. Rs 2.42 lakh crore was transferred to the accounts of more than 11 crore farmers, of whom more than 3 crore were women.
PM Kisan Yojana proved to be a strong partner for the farmers even during the lockdown at the time of Kovid. The scheme has ensured essential facilities by providing direct financial assistance to the farmers and has given them confidence in difficult times. Now the difficulties related to Aadhaar verification and bank account details updation on PM Kisan Portal have been resolved with the effective use of digital public goods.
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