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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

Farmer welfare scheme by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to provide income support to all landholding farmers' families in the country to supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs.

Quick summary

What you get
Rs 6,000 per year
Who can apply
Landholding farmers
Application
Online - via CSC
Official source
Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

About This Scheme

The scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of all landholding farmers’ families by procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income as well as for domestic needs. Under the scheme an amount of ₹ 6000/- per year is released by the Central Government online directly into the bank accounts of the eligible farmers under Direct Benefit Transfer mode, subject to certain exclusions.

What You Get

As set out by Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

  • Financial benefit of Rs. 6000 per annum per family payable in three equal installments of Rs 2000 each, every four months.

Am I Eligible?

You may be eligible if all of these are true for you.

  • All landholding farmers' families, which have cultivable land holding in their names are eligible to get benefit under the scheme.
Check Your Eligibility

Final eligibility is decided by the government department handling this scheme.

Who Cannot Apply?

Applications are commonly rejected for these reasons, so check them before you start.

  • The following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be eligible for benefit under the scheme:
  • All Institutional Land holders.
  • Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories
  • Former and present holders of constitutional posts
  • Former and present Ministers/ State Ministers and former/present Members of LokSabha/ RajyaSabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils,former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and present Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
  • 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 the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff /Class IV/Group D employees)
  • All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees) of above category
  • All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year
  • Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional bodies and carrying out profession by undertaking practices.

Required Documents

  • Aadhaar Card
  • Landholding paper
  • Savings bank account

How to Apply

  1. 1 The VLE will fill in the complete details of farmer registration details like State, district, subdistrict block, and village, key in the Aadhaar number, Name of the beneficiary, category, Bank detail, Land Registration ID, and Date of birth as printed on Aadhaar card for authentication..
  2. 2 The VLE will fill in the Land details like Survey/ Kahta No., Khasra no., and area of land as mentioned in land holding papers.
  3. 3 Upload the supporting documents like Land, Aadhar, and Bank passbook.
  4. 4 Self-declaration accept and save the application form.
  5. 5 After saving the application form make payment through CSC ID.
  6. 6 Check the Beneficiary status through the Aadhaar number.

You will now leave Benefits India and go to the official government website to apply.

Apply on Official Website

Official Documents and Links

Published by the department that runs this scheme.

Important Dates

Scheme launched
24 February 2019
Applications
Accepted online - via csc

Official Website

pmkisan.gov.in

Run by Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Where This Came From

Content taken from myScheme, Government of India and last checked on 2026-08-21.

Check the official website before applying. Scheme rules and amounts change from time to time.