PM Modi releases 17th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, disburses Rs 20,000 cr to over 9.2 cr farmers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Varanasi on Tuesday released the 17th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in which more than 9.26 crore farmers will receive benefits amounting to over Rs 20,000 crore.

In his first move after being sworn-in as PM for the third consecutive time, PM Modi had authorized the release of the scheme's 17th instalment last week.

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has become the world's biggest Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, Modi said while launching the scheme in Varanasi.

PM-KISAN scheme was launched in 2019, to supplement the financial needs of all land-holding farmers subject to certain exclusion criteria of higher income status. The financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year in three equal installments, every four months, is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers' families across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

Till now over Rs 3.04 lakh crores has been disbursed to more than 11 crore farmers across the nation and with this release, the total amount transferred to the beneficiaries since the inception of the scheme will cross well over Rs 3.24 lakh crores.

PM Kisan eKYC

According to the PM kisan website, “PM-Kisan Helpline No. 155261 / 011-24300606 eKYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers. OTP Based eKYC is available on PMKISAN Portal or nearest CSC centres may be contacted for Biometric based eKYC.”
Modes of the eKYC: There are following three modes of eKYC available to the farmers of the PMKISAN scheme:
OTP Based e-KYC (available on PM-KISAN Portal and Mobile App)
(ii) Biometric based e-KYC (available at Common Service Centres (CSCs) and State Seva Kendra (SSKs))
(iii)Face authentication-based e-KYC (available on PM KISAN Mobile app which is used by millions of farmers).

The status of the eKYC done through any mode will be reflected in the beneficiary status after 24 hours. The farmers can also access their status from the KYS module on the PM-KISAN portal and Kisan-eMitra (PM-KISAN AI Chatbot).

How to check PM Kisan beneficiary status online

Step 1: Visit the Official PM Kisan Website.
Step 2: Access the Beneficiary Status Page.
Step 3: Click on "Beneficiary Status" ...
Step 4: Enter your Aadhaar Number or Account Number.
Step 5: Click on "Get Data"
Step 6: View Beneficiary Status.
Step 7: Check for Payment Status.
Your beneficiary status will be shown on the screen when the system processes your request and checks the PM Kisan database for your details

PM Kisan beneficiary rejection reasons

1.Duplicate Beneficiary Name
2.KYC not complete,
3.Farmers belonging to the exclusion category will be rejected.
4.Wrong IFSC code while filling the application form.
5.Bank accounts are closed or not valid, account transferred, blocked or frozen
6.Beneficiaries ’ Aadhaar card is not linked with the bank account.
7.Mandatory fields value missing
8.Invalid Bank, Post Office Name
9.Beneficiary Account number does not belong to beneficiary code and scheme,
10.Both Account and Aadhar are invalid