Timeline
1 February 2019
It was announced in the Interim Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on and formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpu…
24 February 2019
It was announced in the Interim Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on 1 February 2019 and formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra M…
1 December 2018
Crucially, the scheme was given retrospective effect from , so the first instalment covered the December 2018–March 2019 period.
31 May 2019
On , the newly re-elected government extended coverage to all landholding farmer families irrespective of the size of their holding, subject to exclusion cri…
18 June 2024
The Prime Minister has periodically released instalments through video conferencing; the 17th instalment was released from Varanasi on shortly after the for…
5 October 2024
The Prime Minister has periodically released instalments through video conferencing; the 17th instalment was released from Varanasi on 18 June 2024 shortly a…
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Supporters
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a central-sector scheme of the Government of India that provides income support to landholding farmer families. It was announced in the Interim Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on 1 February 2019 and formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 24 February 2019. Crucially, the scheme was given retrospective effect from 1 December 2018, so the first instalment covered the December 2018–March 2019 period. Administered by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, PM-KISAN is funded entirely by the Union government—a defining feature of a central-sector scheme—distinguishing it from centrally sponsored schemes where states share the fiscal burden. The scheme has no parent statute; it operates under executive sanction and is reflected annually as a budgetary outlay.
Opponents
The operational mechanics are deliberately uniform across the country. Each eligible farmer family receives ₹6,000 per year, disbursed in three equal instalments of ₹2,000 every four months—the trimesters running December–March, April–July, and August–November. Funds are transferred directly into beneficiaries' bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) architecture, bypassing intermediaries to curb leakage. State and Union Territory governments are responsible for identifying and verifying eligible beneficiaries by uploading land records, Aadhaar numbers, and bank details onto the PM-KISAN web portal. The data is validated against the Income Tax database, the Public Financial Management System (PFMS), and Aadhaar authentication before the Union government releases payment. Aadhaar seeding of bank accounts has been made mandatory for instalment release, and registration can be completed through state nodal officers, Common Service Centres (CSCs), or the self-registration facility on the portal.
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On 5 October 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 18th instalment of PM-KISAN from Washim, Maharashtra, transferring about ₹20,000 crore to more than 9.4 crore farmers via direct benefit transfer.
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