Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next installment of PM-Kisan scheme to more than 9 crore farmers today i.e. on Wednesday in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had yesterday confirmed that the next installment will be transferred to eligible farmers across the country. On the same occasion, Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate the South India Natural Agriculture Summit 2025 in Coimbatore, from where he will conduct the digital transfer of PM-Kisan funds. The Prime Minister will be on a one-day tour of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The special thing is that the names of 70 lakh farmers have been removed from the PM Kisan updated list. Let us also tell you why?
Visit to Coimbatore after program in Andhra Pradesh
Modi will first visit Andhra Pradesh, where he will participate in the birth centenary celebrations of spiritual guru Lord Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Puttaparthi. After this he will go to Coimbatore to address a huge farmers’ conference organized to promote natural farming. More than 50,000 farmers will participate in this program. This program is being organized by Tamil Nadu Natural Agriculture Stakeholders Forum.
According to an official statement, the objective of the summit is to promote sustainable, eco-friendly and chemical-free agricultural practices and accelerate the shift towards natural and regenerative farming as a viable, climate-friendly and economically sustainable model for India’s agricultural future.
How to get benefits of PM-Kisan?
Under the PM-Kisan scheme, central government farmers get assistance of Rs 6,000 every year. This amount is transferred in three installments of Rs 2,000 every four months. This scheme was launched on February 24, 2019. In the previous installment (April-July of FY26), 97.14 million farmers had received this amount. During the period December-March 2024-25, this amount was transferred to 10.68 million farmers.
Why are there 70 lakh less beneficiaries this time?
The number of farmers eligible for the 21st installment has decreased by approximately 70 lakh. This is due to a rigorous campaign being run by the government to identify farmers ineligible for the scheme. The government has currently stopped the accounts and registration process of several thousand farmers. The ministry suspects that many of these farmers do not meet the criteria of the scheme. The Agriculture Ministry is also running a nationwide ‘saturation campaign’ to include all eligible farmers in the scheme. A notice issued on the PM-Kisan portal said that the Agriculture Department has “identified some suspected cases that may fall under the exclusion criteria mentioned in the leadlines of the PM-Kisan scheme. Farmers are advised to check their eligibility on the website.”
Who is not eligible for the benefits of PM-Kisan Scheme?
As per PM-Kisan guidelines, state governments identify the beneficiaries. Any land-owning farmer family can participate in the scheme, provided it does not fall under the exclusion criteria. In which people who do not fall under the income limit, farmers paying income tax, government employees, elected public representatives and people receiving monthly pension of Rs 10,000 or more have not been included in this scheme. The aim of the government is to ensure that only eligible farmers get the benefits of PM-Kisan Scheme and to eliminate any possibility of wrong payment.