PM-KISAN 17th Installment Date 2024: In his third term as the prime minister, Narendra Modi signed his first file to authorise the release of the 17th installment of the PM-KISAN Nidhi funds, amounting to about Rs 20,000 crore. On June 18, PM Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi and release this amount to 9.3 crore farmers.
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, eligible farmers receive Rs 2,000 every four months, totaling Rs 6,000 annually. The funds are provided each year in three installments — April-July, August-November, December-March.
The money 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 later launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
e-KYC Requirement for PM-KISAN
To receive the installments, farmers must 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 centers 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.
Steps To Apply For PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Step 1: Visit pmkisan.gov.in
Step 2: Click on ‘New Farmer Registration’ and enter Aadhaar number and fill the captcha
Step 3: Enter the required details and click on ‘Yes’
Step 4: Fill in the information asked in the PM-Kisan application form 2024, save it and take a printout for future reference.
After authorising the release of Rs 20,000 crore for farmers on June 10, PM Modi stated, “Ours is a government fully committed to ‘kisan kalyan’ (farmers’ welfare). It is, therefore, fitting that the first file signed on taking charge is related to it. We want to keep working even more for farmers and the agriculture sector in the times to come.”
PM-KISAN Scheme: Previous Installments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 16th installment of the PM-KISAN scheme, worth over Rs 21,000 crore, to more than 9 crore farmers on February 28, 2024, during his visit to Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The 15th installment was released on November 15, 2023.
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