Short Description
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
   With a view to augment the income of the Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs), the Government has launched a new Central Sector Scheme, namely, “Pradhan Mantri KIsan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)” in the current financial year.
    The PM-KISAN scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of the SMFs in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income at the end of the each crop cycle.
    This would also protect them from falling in the clutches of moneylenders for meeting such expenses and ensure their continuance in the farming activities.
   With a view to augment the income of the Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs), the Government has launched a new Central Sector Scheme, namely, “Pradhan Mantri KIsan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)” in the current financial year.
    The PM-KISAN scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of the SMFs in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income at the end of the each crop cycle.
    This would also protect them from falling in the clutches of moneylenders for meeting such expenses and ensure their continuance in the farming activities.
Department Name - Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Main Points
Cut-off Date
The Scheme shall be effective from 01.12.2018 for transfer of benefit to eligible beneficiaries.
The cut-off date for determining the eligibility of beneficiaries, has been kept as 01.02.2019.
Changes, if any, in the cut-off date for eligibility of benefit under the scheme for next 5 years will only be considered with approval of the Cabinet. However benefit will be
allowed on transfer of ownership of cultivable land on account of succession dueto death of the landowner.
Basis for Identification The number of eligible SMFs under the scheme has been estimated on the basis of projection of Agricultural Census 2015-16 data for 2018-19.
The projected number of holding of SMFs landholder farmer families for FY 2018-19 is 13.15 crore.
Due to likely exclusion of certain categories of beneficiaries of higher economic strata,
the total number of eligible beneficiaries has been taken as 12.50 crore.
The existing land-ownership system will be used for identification of beneficiaries for
calculation of financial benefit under the scheme.
Basis for Identification
