Tag: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

  • PM to release next instalment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN scheme on Monday

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next instalment of financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Monday.

    Under the PM-KISAN scheme, an annual financial benefit of Rs 6,000 is provided to eligible beneficiary farmer families, payable in three equal four-monthly installments of Rs 2000 each.

    Prime Minister Modi will release the next instalment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN scheme on August 9 at 12.30 pm via video conferencing, according to the PMO.

    This will enable the transfer of an amount of more than Rs 19,500 crore to more than 9.75 crore beneficiary farmer families, the PMO said.

    The prime minister will interact with farmer beneficiaries during the event and will also address the nation.

    The fund is transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

    In this scheme, ‘Samman Rashi’ of over Rs. 1.38 lakh crore has been transferred to farmer families so far, according to the PMO.

    According to another PMO statement, Prime Minister Modi will also launch the Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana -PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh on August 10 at 12.30 pm via video conferencing.

    During the event on Tuesday, Modi will interact with beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme and also address the nation.

    During Ujjwala 1.0 launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to five crore women members of BPL households.

    Subsequently, the scheme was expanded in April 2018 to include women beneficiaries from seven more categories (SC/ST, PMAY, AAY, most backward classes, tea garden, forest dwellers, islands).

    Also, the target was revised to eight crore LPG connections.

    This was achieved in August 2019, seven months ahead of the target date, the statement said.

    In the Union Budget for Financial Year 2021-22, provision for an additional one crore LPG connection under the PMUY scheme was announced.

    These one crore additional PMUY connections (under Ujjwala 2.0) aim to provide deposit-free LPG connections to those low-income families who could not be covered under the earlier phase of PMUY.

    Along with a deposit-free LPG connection, Ujjwala 2.0 will provide first refill and hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries.

    The enrolment procedure will require minimum paperwork and in Ujjwala 2.0, migrants will not be required to submit ration cards or address proof.

    A self-declaration for both ‘family declaration’ and as a ‘proof of address’ will suffice, the PMO said.

    Ujjwala 2.0 will help achieve the prime minister’s vision of universal access to LPG, it said.

    Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also be present on the occasion.

  • PM releases eighth installment worth over Rs 20,000 crore to 9.5 crore farmers under PM-KISAN

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the eighth installment of over Rs 20,000 crore to more than 9.5 crore farmer beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Friday via video-conferencing.

    Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who was present on the occasion, said West bengal has joined the scheme with more than 7 lakh farmers of the state getting the benefit today.

    Under the PM-KISAN scheme, the government is providing Rs 6,000 in three equal installments to 14 crore farmers annually.

    The amount is directly transferred into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode.

    An amount of over Rs 1.15 lakh crore has been transferred to farmer beneficiaries so far under the PM-KISAN scheme, launched on February 24, 2019.

    PM Modi will also interact with five farmers from states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar on the occasion.

  • Maharashtra: Over Rs 1 crore recovered from farmers found ineligible under Central scheme

    By PTI
    ALIBAUG: The administration in Maharashtra’s Raigad district has recovered over Rs 1 crore from 1,709 farmers found ineligible under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, an official said on Friday.

    As many as 1,04,552 farmers were chosen as beneficiaries of the income support scheme, and more than Rs 3.32 crore was allotted to them by the Centre, tehsildar Vishal Daudkar said.

    The money was transferred to farmers’ bank accounts, he said.

    However, later 3,452 farmers were found ineligible, as they were paying income tax, the official said.

    The administration has managed to recover over Rs 1.73 crore from 1,709 farmers, he said, adding that the process of recovering money from the remaining farmers is underway.