The responsibility for identifying farmer families eligible for benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme rests entirely with the State/UT governments. Existing land ownership systems/land records in different States/UTs will be used to identify beneficiaries for transfer of scheme benefits.

No. Land ownership is the only criteria for receiving benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme.

No. The land must be in his/her own name. If the ownership of the land has been transferred to his/her name due to inheritance, he/she will be eligible for the PM Kisan Scheme.

The following information / documents are required to be furnished by the farmers for enrollment under PM-Kisan Scheme:
(i) Name, Age, Gender and Category (SC/ST)

(ii) Aadhaar Number [except in case of farmers in the States of Assam, Meghalaya and J&K (now UTs of J&K and Laddakh), where Aadhaar number has not been issued to most of the citizens, and therefore these States have been exempted from the requirement till 31st March, 2020. In these States / UTs, Aadhaar number shall be collected for those beneficiaries where it is available and for others alternate prescribed documents can be collected for identity verification purposes by the States/UT Governments, like Aadhaar Enrollment Number and / or any other prescribed documents for purposes of the identification such as Driving Licence, Voters' ID Card, NREGA Job Card, or any other identification documents issued by Central/State/UT Governments or their authorities, etc.)

(iii) Bank Account Number and IFSC Code.

(iv) Mobile number though it is not mandatory but it is advised that when available it may be provided so that the information related to transfer of benefit can be communicated

A land-owning farmer's family means "a family consisting of husband, wife, and minor children who own agricultural land as per the land records of the respective State/UT." The existing land-ownership system will be used to identify beneficiaries for benefit calculation.

No. If any family member paid income tax in the previous assessment year, the family is not eligible for benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme.

In cases where ownership of agricultural land has been transferred between 01.12.2018 and 31.01.2019 for any reason, such as purchase, inheritance, will, gift, etc., the first installment during the financial year (2018-19) will be equal to the period of 4 months from the date of transfer to 31.03.2019, provided the families are eligible as per the scheme guidelines.

Yes. The PM Kisan Scheme benefit will be available in all cases where the ownership of agricultural land was transferred after the cut-off date of 01.02.2019 due to the death of the landowner.

The cut-off date for determining beneficiary eligibility under the PM Kisan Scheme is 01.02.2019, and no changes will be considered for eligibility for benefits under the scheme for the next five years, except for the transfer of land by inheritance upon the death of the landowner.

If a beneficiary submits a false declaration to apply for the PM Kisan Scheme, the beneficiary will face recovery of the transferred financial benefits and other penalties as per the law.

Yes. The PM Kisan Scheme has been expanded to cover all farmer families, regardless of their land holdings.

No. All serving or retired officers and employees of Central/State Government Ministries/Offices/Departments and their field units, Central or State PSEs, and Government-affiliated offices/autonomous institutions, as well as regular employees of local bodies, are not eligible to receive benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme. However, serving or retired Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)/Class IV/Group D employees are eligible to receive benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme, provided their families are eligible and are not covered by other exclusion criteria.

Under the PM-KISAN scheme, all landholding farmer families will receive a financial benefit of ₹6,000 per family annually, disbursed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 every four months. The first installment is from 1 December 2018 to 31 March 2019, the second installment from 1 April 2019 to 31 July 2019, the third installment from 1 August 2019 to 30 November 2019, and so on.

The following category of farmers are not eligible to get the benefits of the PM-Kisan Scheme:

 

(a) All Institutional Land holders; and
(b) Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories:-
Former and present holders of constitutional posts
11. 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.
iii. 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)
iv. All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff Class IV/Group D employees)
V. All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year.
Vi. Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.

All landowning farmer families who own agricultural land are eligible to receive benefits under the PM Kisan Scheme.

The PM Kisan Scheme will be implemented from December 1, 2018.

The PM-KISAN scheme was launched by the Honorable Prime Minister on February 24, 2019.

Under the PM-KISAN scheme, all landholding farmer families will receive a financial benefit of ₹6,000 per family per year, disbursed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 every four months.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PIV-KISAN) is a new Central Sector Scheme to provide income support to all landholding farmers' families in the country to supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs. Under the Scheme, the entire financial liability towards transfer of benefit to targeted beneficiaries will be borne by Government of Ind ia.