Cabinet Approves Extension of PM-KISAN scheme to all farmers

  • On 1st June, 2019, the government extended the ambit of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana to all farmers across the country irrespective of land holding limit.
  • Previously, all landholding farmer families having cultivable landholding up to 2 hectare, whose names appear in the land records of States/UT, were eligible to get benefit under the scheme.

Features:

  • All land holding eligible farmer families (subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria) will avail of the benefits under this scheme.
  • Responsibility of identifying the beneficiaries of the scheme is of the State/UT government using the prevailing land-ownership system/record of land in ....
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