PM KISAN: Are Farmers Who Pay Taxes Eligible To Get Benefits Under The Scheme?

PM-KISAN 17th Installment Date 2024: Even as beneficiary farmers are waiting for the 17th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme, not all farmers are eligible to get benefits under the scheme. So, are farmers who filed income tax return last year and paid taxes eligible to get benefits under PM-KISAN? The answer is no. Here is who are not eligible to get benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme?

According to reports, the 17th installment of the PM-Kisan scheme is likely to be released in the last week of May. The 16th installment was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February this year.

Who Are Not Eligible Under PM Kisan?

• (a) All lnstitutional Land holders; and
• (b) Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to followingcategories:-
• i. Former and present holders of constitutional posts
• ii. Former and present ltlinisters/ 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 lV/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 the last assessment year
• vi. Professionals like Doctors, Engineers’ Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.

The prime minister released the 16th installment of the PM-Kisan scheme worth over Rs 21,000 crore to more than 9 crores farmers on February 28, 2024, during his visit in Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The 15th installment was released by Modi on November 15, 2023.

Under the PM-KISAN scheme, eligible farmers get Rs 2,000 every four months, which is Rs 6,000 annually. The money is provided each year in three instalments — April-July, August-November and December-March. The fund is directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

The scheme was announced in the Interim Budget 2019 by then finance minister Piyush Goyal and was later launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

To receive the instalments, the farmers need to complete their e-KYC. According to the scheme’s official website, “eKYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers. OTP-based eKYC is available on the PMKISAN Portal, or the nearest CSC centres may be contacted for Biometric-based eKYC.”

How To Check Beneficiary Status?

1) Visit the official website — pmkisan.gov.in

2) Now, click on the tab ‘Know Your Status’ on the right side of the page

3) Enter you registration number and fill Captcha Code, and select ‘Get Data’ option

3) Your beneficiary status will come up on the screen.

PM-KISAN: Check Your Name in Beneficiary List

Step 1: Visit PM Kisan official website www.pmkisan.gov.in

Step 2: Click on the ‘Beneficiary list’ tab.

Step 3: Select details from the drop-down such as select state, district, sub-district, block, and village

Step 4: Click on the ‘Get report’ tab

After this, the beneficiary list detail will be displayed.

You can call on the helpline numbers — 155261 and 011-24300606.