Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN is of the pioneering schemes introduced by Government of India. This scheme was raised to resolve the financial crisis faced by the farmer community owing to high cultivation costs, climate changes, and soaring market prices. India is an agrarian nation and agriculture serves as a backbone of the Indian economy. It provides livelihood opportunities to a major lot of Indian population.

Among the biggest Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programs worldwide is Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN. Families of farmers who qualify for this program receive monetary assistance straight into their bank accounts. The program seeks to guarantee farmers’ income support and assist them in covering domestic and agricultural costs.

We will cover every aspect of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN in this post, including its goals, advantages, conditions for eligibility, application procedure, e-KYC specifications, specifics of installments, and its effects on Indian farmers.

What is Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN?

The Indian government launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), a Central Sector Scheme, to help qualified farming households with their income.Farmers that qualify for the program receive ₹6,000 annually. Beneficiaries receive three equal ₹2,000 installments every four months via the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.The Indian government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is in charge of carrying out the program.

Key Highlights of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN

• PM Kisan is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.
• It has become operational from 1.12.2018.
• Under the scheme an income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments will be provided to all land holding farmer families.
• Definition of family for the scheme is husband, wife and minor children.
• State Government and UT administration will identify the farmer families which are eligible for support as per scheme guidelines.
• The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
• There are various Exclusion Categories for the scheme.

Excluded Categories from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN Scheme

The following categories of beneificiaries of higher economic status shall not be elligible for benefit under the scheme.

• All Institutional Land holders.
• Farmer families which belong to one or more of the following categories:
• .Former and present holders of constitutional postsFormer and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of LokSabha/ RajyaSabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils,former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
• 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)
• All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more(Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees) of above categoryAll Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year.
• Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.
• In case of new beneficiaries being uploaded on the PM-KISAN Portal, all land holding farmers’ families who are Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in terms of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall be excluded from any benefit under the Scheme.
• For the purpose of exclusion State / UT Governments can certify the eligibility of the beneficiaries based on self declaration by the beneficiaries. In case beneficiary is not available / does not reside in the village, State / UT Governments may consider certification based on the declaration by other adult member of his / her family. In case of incorrect self declaration, beneficiary shall be liable for recovery of transferred financial benefit and other penal actions as per law.

Objectives of Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN Scheme

The scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of all landholding farmers’ families in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income as well as for domestic needs. Under the Scheme an amount of Rs.6000/- per year is released by the Central Government online directly into the bank accounts of the eligible farmers under Direct Benefit Transfer mode, subject to certain exclusions.

How to apply: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN Portal

Beneficiaries under the scheme are to be identified by the respective State and Union Territory. The details of farmers are being maintained by the States / UTs either in electronic form or in manual register. To make integrated platform available in the country to assist in benefit transfer, a platform named Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-Kisan Portal available at URL (http://pmkisan.gov.in) has been be launched for uploading the farmers’ details at a single web-portal in a uniform structure.

The following farmer attributes need to be entered in the Portal:
1. Farmer Attributes: (Essential):
a. State, District, Sub-District/Block, Village, Farmer Name, Type of Identity
b. Aadhaar Number and in case Aadhaar not available, Aadhaar enrollment number with any other ID proof like Voter ID etc, Gender, Category, IFSC Code, Bank Account Number.

Farmer Attributes (Optional):

a. Father name, Address, Mobile Number, Date of Birth/Age, Farm-Size in Hectare, Survey Number, Khasra Number
b. Optional attributes such as Mobile number can be utilized for SMS alerts. Other optional attributes may be used for purpose of future requirement. However, these attributes are not essential for purpose of transfer of money.

The portal interface looks as in the picture below:

There are 3 ways through which a State / UT can onboard on the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

PM-Kisan Portal:
(a) If a State / UT has village / district wise list of farmers, they may upload the same in a pre-defined format and with the help of local NIC State Unit.
(b) Some existing data of farmers is already available on the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-Kisan Portal which will be visible on selection of States / Districts / Village. States / UTs which do not have their own list may use this village-wise list of farmers as provided on the portal and edit the same to finalize the farmers’ list.

For this the correction window shall be available at PM-Kisan portal for authorized users of District and Block officials.
(c) If States / UTs want to make fresh entry of a farmer, provision is there for registration of these farmers in a defined and standardized format.

Latest Update on Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN

• The Honourable PM of India Shri Narendra Modi will release the 23rd installment of PM-KISAN on 20th June, 2026 from Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal.
• e-KYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers. OTP Based e-KYC is available on PMKISAN Portal or nearest CSC centres may be contacted for Biometric based eKYC.

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