As many as 2,14,75,001 farmers have not yet completed their know-your customer (KYC) under the PM Kisan Yojana, Union minister of agriculture and farmers welfare Narendra Singh Tomar told the Rajya Sabha on July 21 in a written reply.
Official data released by the ministry show the highest number of pending PM Kisan KYC is from Uttar Pradesh, at 56,91,331. Following UP in tally are Rajasthan and Maharashtra with 19,42,417 and 18,02,436 pending PM Kisan KYCs, respectively.
Gujarat (14,55,758), West Bengal (13,41,187), Madhya Pradesh (11,91,828), Odisha (10,10,187) and Karnataka (10,00,666) also contribute significantly to these numbers.
The PM Kisan KYC is must to receive the subsidy under the Central government scheme. “eKYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers. OTP-Based eKYC is available on the PM Kisan Portal or nearest CSC centres may be contacted for biometric-based eKYC,” reads the PM Kisan website.
What is PM Kisan KYC/PM Kisan eKYC?
To complete this PM Kisan KYC beneficiary identification process, PM Kisan beneficiaries have to provide their Aadhaar number and link it with their PM Kisan credentials. This can be done both online and offline.
What is PM Kisan scheme?
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan), a Central sector scheme, aims at providing financial assistance to cultivable landholding farmer families, subject to certain exclusion criteria. Under the scheme, an amount of Rs 6,000 is transferred annually in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 directly into the Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of the farmers.
Under the scheme, more than Rs 2.42 lakh crore has been disbursed to over 11 crore beneficiary farmer families through 13 installments. The government is likely to announce the 14th instalment in July.
State-wise pending PM Kisan KYCs
| S.No. | State | Pending eKYC to be completed |
| 1 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 5,03,716 |
| 2 | ASSAM | 1,90,266 |
| 3 | BIHAR | 14,92,646 |
| 4 | CHHATTISGARH | 1,61,566 |
| 5 | GOA | 598 |
| 6 | GUJARAT | 14,55,758 |
| 7 | HARYANA | 3,92,956 |
| 8 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1,43,952 |
| 9 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 45,936 |
| 10 | JHARKHAND | 5,43,507 |
| 11 | KARNATAKA | 10,00,666 |
| 12 | KERALA | 5,22,575 |
| 13 | MADHYA PRADESH | 11,91,828 |
| 14 | MAHARASHTRA | 18,02,436 |
| 15 | ODISHA | 10,10,187 |
| 16 | PUNJAB | 5,10,603 |
| 17 | RAJASTHAN | 19,42,417 |
| 18 | TAMIL NADU | 4,63,799 |
| 19 | TELANGANA | 3,20,632 |
| 20 | UTTAR PRADESH | 56,91,331 |
| 21 | UTTARAKHAND | 2,32,051 |
| 22 | WEST BENGAL | 13,41,187 |
| 23 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 3,568 |
| 24 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 44,329 |
| 25 | CHANDIGARH | 70 |
| 26 | DELHI | 7,646 |
| 27 | LADAKH | 8,058 |
| 28 | LAKSHADWEEP | 946 |
| 29 | MANIPUR | 1,90,852 |
| 30 | MEGHALAYA | 39,732 |
| 31 | MIZORAM | 53,887 |
| 32 | NAGALAND | 97,065 |
| 33 | PUDUCHERRY | 762 |
| 34 | SIKKIM | 3,948 |
| 35 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 2,893 |
| 36 | TRIPURA | 60,632 |
| Total | 2,14,75,001 |
(Source: PIB)
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