PM
KISAN - GOVERNANCE
News:
Over 1 lakh farmers voluntarily gave up their PM-Kisan
benefits last year
What's
in the news?
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Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan lead the chart of 1.16 lakh farmers who have voluntarily given up the benefits of
the annual Rs 6,000 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme across
the country from June 2023 to May 2024, according to data available with the
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Key
takeaways:
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Sources
said the Agriculture Ministry had introduced a module in the PM-Kisan mobile
app and website last year which enables farmers to voluntarily exit the scheme.
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Officials
said the possible reasons for some farmers giving up the PM-Kisan benefits
include - absentee landlords who may have decided against availing of the
subsidy; land going to tax-paying descendants who are not eligible; change in
the status of land-owners.
PM-KISAN:
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The
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, launched by Modi in 2019,
aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the
country with cultivable land, subject to specific exclusions.
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It
is a Central Sector Scheme financed by
the Ministry of Agriculture.
Beneficiaries:
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All
landholding farmer families in the country are eligible under PM-KISAN, subject
to certain exclusion criteria.
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The
entire responsibility of identifying the eligible farmer's families for benefit
under the scheme is of the State/UT Governments.
Objectives:
- To provide income support to
all eligible land-holding farmers and their families.
- The PM-KISAN scheme also aims to supplement the financial needs of the
farmers in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and
appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income.
Benefits:
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Under
the PM KISAN scheme, all landholding farmers families shall be provided the financial benefit of Rs.6000/- per annum
per family. It will be paid in three equal installments of Rs.2000/- each,
every four months.
List
of Exclusion:
The following categories of farmers are not eligible to
get the benefits of the PM-KISAN scheme:
- All institutional Land holders; and
- Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to the
following categories.
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Former
and present holders of constitutional posts
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Former
and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of Lok
Sabha/Rajya Sabha/ state Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative councils,
former and present mayors of Municipal corporations, former and present
Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
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All
serving or retired officers and employees of Central/ State Government
ministries /Offices/Departments and its field units Central or State PSEs and
Attached offices /Autonomous institutions under Government as well as regular
employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi-Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D
employees)
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All
superannuated/retired pensioners Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding multi-tasking
employees)
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All
Persons who paid income Tax in the last assessment year
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Professionals
like Doctors, Engineers’ Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects
registered with Professional bodies and carry out professions by undertaking
the practice.