More than 81,000 farmers in Bihar are found ineligible to receive government subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. Now, the government will not only remove their names from the beneficiary list but also take back the money sent into their accounts so far (a total of Rs 81.6 crore).
Under the PM Kisan scheme, the government directly transfers Rs 6,000 in the accounts of eligible farmers in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 at specific intervals through the year. So far, the government has distributed 14 PM Kisan instalments.
Who is eligible for the PM Kisan subsidy?
When the scheme was launched on February 24, 2019, its benefits were offered only to small marginal farmers families, with combined landholding of up to 2 hectare. The scheme was revised on June 1, 2019, and extended to all farmer families, irrespective of the size of their landholdings. This means all landholding farmers’ families, which have cultivable landholding in their names, are eligible to get benefit under the scheme.
Which farmers are not eligible for PM Kisan subsidy?
The following farmers are not eligible to receive PM Kisan subsidy:
(a) All institutional land holders
(b) Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories:
i. Former and present holders of constitutional posts
ii. 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 local bodies (excluding multi-tasking staff/Class-lV/Group-D employees)
iv. All retired pensioners
v. All Persons who paid income Tax in last assessment year
vi. Professionals like doctors, engineers, lawyers, chartered accountants and architects
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