Good news for crores of farmers in the country. The government has announced that it will release the 10th installment under PM Kisan Yojana on 23 December 2021.
In an official statement, the Centre has confirmed that PM Modi will disburse the 10th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana on 23 December, which is also celebrated as Kisan Diwas (National Farmers Day).
Doubling farmer's income: The central government is making every effort to double farmers’ income by the year 2022. To achieve this goal, the Modi government had launched PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in 2018. Under this scheme, the government provides Rs 6,000 every year to the farmers in three installments.
e-KYC is mandatory for farmers
The government has made e-KYC Aadhaar mandatory for farmers registered under PM KISAN yojana. Farmers will get the installment only if they complete the e-KYC. Without this, their installment will not come.
9 installments released so far
The beneficiaries of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana have so far received a total of 9 installments and they will get for the 10th installment tomorrow.
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Installment Details |
Month |
Beneficiaries |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 9th installment |
AUG-NOV 2021-22 |
11,12,88,002 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 8th installment |
APR-JUL 2021-22 |
11,11,52,851 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 7th installment |
DEC-MAR 2020 - 21 |
10,23,49,456 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 6th installment |
AUG-NOV 2020-21 |
10,23,14,245 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 5th installment |
APR-JUL 2020-21 |
10,49,31,270 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 4th installment |
DEC-MAR 2019-20 |
8,96,00,395 |
|
Number of beneficiary farmers of 3rd installment |
AUG-NOV 2019-20 |
8,76,21,282 |
|
Beneficiary farmers of 2nd installment |
APR-JUL 2019-20 |
6,63,27,601 |
|
Beneficiary farmers of 1st installment |
DEC-MAR 2018-19 |
3,16,10,700 |
However, lakhs of farmers in the country have still not received the previous installment. According to the information received on PM Kisan website, all the farmers who have applied for the 9th installment till September 30, their money will be transferred to their account along with the 10th installment. This means they will get total Rs. 4000.
