With the click of a mouse that will initiate millions of cash transfers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the government’s ambitious income-transfer scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), at a farmers’ rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. It is the cash-transfer scheme for small and marginal farmers. It is a major populist step by the Modi government to offset a challenging spell of rural crisis brought on by unprofitable sales of farm commodities.
India stands with our farmers! Launching the #PMKisan Yojana from Gorakhpur. Watch. https://t.co/tCTLIGXOPB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 24, 2019
* This could perhaps become the largest-ever direct disbursement of cash under the farmer investment support scheme announced in the Union Budget which allocated it Rs 75,000 crore.
* Under the scheme, Rs 6,000 will be given per year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of up to two hectares.
PM Modi: Jin kisaano ko aaj pehli kisht nahi mili hai, unhe bhi aane waale hafton mein pehli kisht ki raashi mil jayegi. Rajya sarkaron ko is yojna ke labh uthane wale kisaano ki list kendra sarkar ko bhejni hai #PMKisan https://t.co/CpS96Mkoez
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 24, 2019
* The amount will be given in three instalments of Rs 2,000 each and will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of beneficiaries through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.
* The funds would be electronically transferred to the beneficiary’s bank account by the Centre through State Notional Account on a pattern similar to MGNREGS.
* Over one crore farmers from 14 states, including UP and Karnataka, will get their first instalment on Sunday and one crore more beneficiaries, spread over 28 states and one UT, would get their instalment in the next 2-3 days, a senior official said.
Sri. Maharaj Badie of Village Pali,Patratu having 3.12 acre land received the 1st instalment of #PMKISAN Yojana ₹2000 transferred by https://t.co/jrRLclqqEP @narendramodi He will get two more instalments consecutively.3303 beneficiaries already identified in Ramgarh @cmojhr pic.twitter.com/zks74O2hry
— DC Ramgarh (@DC_Ramgarh) February 24, 2019
* A small and marginal landholder farmer family for the purpose of the calculation of the benefit has been defined as “a family comprising of husband, wife and minor children (up to 18 years of age) who collectively own cultivable land up to 2 hectare as per land records of the concerned states/UT” .
* The scheme was introduced to augment the income of small and marginal farmers and is estimated to benefit over 12 crore farmers.
* The Prime Minister will also distribute certificates to select farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme and interact with select beneficiaries through video conferencing.
* The scheme became effective on December 1, 2018, for transfer of benefit to eligible beneficiaries.
I challenge liberals to get out of their ac chamber and visit a village. Talk to a farmer and tell him to give up INR 6000 incentive under #PMKisan because it's too low.
Record the entire video and post.
We all wanna see you guys getting thrown out of that village. 🤭😹
— Ashu (@muglikar_) February 24, 2019
* In the interim Budget 2019-20, the Central government had announced the PM-KISAN scheme.
* The scheme, experts said, has been remodelled around the Telangana government’s Rythu Bandhu scheme that ensures majority farmers get Rs 5,000 per acre per year for two crops.
