Was the 13th instalment of the PM Kisan scheme not credited into your account? There are many remedies available to farmers in India who have not received the Rs 2,000 subsidy amount in their accounts so far, Union minister of agriculture and farmers welfare Narendra Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on March 14, 2023.
“Many remedies are available to the farmers who have not been able to register themselves for benefit under the PM Kisan scheme or who have been registered but not received benefits,” he said, adding the benefits of the scheme are released after receipt of data from states/UT governments and due verification of the same.
See also: What is PM Kisan helpline number?
What to do if you have not received the latest PM Kisan instalment?
Talk to the nodal officer
According to the official release, state governments have appointed nodal officers for the scheme at block, district and state levels. Farmers can submit their grievances with them. Normally, district agriculture officers or district collectors are available to attend to their grievances.
Visit PM Kisan portal
Farmers can also lodge their complaint on the PM Kisan portal for prompt redressal. On the portal, click on the Help Desk option under the Farmers Corner section. This way, the grievance of the farmer is directly transferred to the nodal officer concerned.
Write to agriculture department
Farmers can also register their complaint through the public grievance portal or send their grievance directly to the department of agriculture and farmers welfare.
Call on toll free number
Farmers can check their beneficiary status through a 24×7 interactive voice response system-based helpline 155261.
PM Kisan eligibility check
Benefits under the PM Kisan scheme are transferred to the eligible beneficiaries through a direct benefit transfer mode after validation of the uploaded data.
This includes:
- Aadhaar authentication
- Validation of bank account and government employees’/pensioners data by the Public Finance Management System
- Validation of accounts by the National Payment Corporation of India for Aadhaar-based payments, and
- Validation of income tax payee status by the income tax department
Eligible farmers are being enrolled and deceased/ineligible beneficiaries are being removed from the PM Kisan beneficiary list by way of continuous verification and validation of the beneficiary’s data by states, the ministry said.
PM Kisan: Status update
According to the minister, the government has taken several steps to improve the implementation of the PM Kisan scheme since its inception. Some of them are as follows:
Farmers Corner: This section on the PM Kisan portal provides farmers with various facilities like self-registration, checking beneficiaries’ status, e-KYC, data correction, etc.
Common Service Centres: They provide farmers with all facilities available through the Farmers Corner section on the PM Kisan portal.
Integration of the PM Kisan portal: The official portal is integrated with the Unique Identification Authority of India for Aadhaar authentication; with Public Finance Management System for validation of account and government employees/pensioners data; with the Income Tax Department for validation of income tax payee status; and with the National Payment Corporation of India for account validation and Aadhaar-based payments.
Alternate mechanism of eligibility: Made possible for Manipur, Nagaland and Jharkhand.
Physical verification: 5% beneficiaries under the PM Kisan opt for physical verification.
Weekly review: Weekly review meetings are held with states for problem resolution.
Publicity camps: Publicity camps are organised by states to increase awareness about the scheme.
Land seeding of beneficiaries’ data: Land ownership data of the beneficiaries is seeded with other details.
Project monitoring unit: The National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Society has been set up to monitor the Central scheme.
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