Farmers Suggested to Lodge Grievances Associated to PM-Kisan on PM-Kisan Net Portal or Mobile App

Tarun Karthick

Campbell Bay, 11 December 2022

Department of Agriculture is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme in A & N Islands. The Department in coordination with the PRIs are working in tandem in all of the Zones of A&N Islands constantly from the day of launch of the scheme for higher attain among the many farmers. 

To help in profit switch, a platform named PM-KISAN Portal was launched for importing the farmers’ particulars on a single internet portal in a uniform construction. Accordingly, facility is supplied in PM-KISAN portal by which any grievances associated to PM-KISAN scheme may be submitted. The Department of Agriculture has requested the farmers to submit their grievances in PM-KISAN Portal/Mobile App they usually may contact the respective Agriculture Extension workers/Agriculture workplace.

It is to say that there are numerous components owing to which, the farmer doesn’t obtain the advantage of PM-KISAN. The foremost motive being mismatch within the spelling of the title within the checking account and the title on the Aadhaar Card, attributable to which farmers fail to get the cash. To facilitate farmers, the Govt. of India has determined to undertake e-KYC verification of all of the eligible registered farmer-beneficiaries of PM-KISAN Scheme for clean switch of advantages. 

The e-KYC authentication of the beneficiaries may be accomplished by each e-KYC OTP mode in addition to e-KYC biometric mode. The e-KYC authentication of the beneficiaries via OTP mode may be accomplished on PM-KISAN portal, freed from value by the beneficiaries or State functionaries. For e-KYC biometric authentication facility, the beneficiary might go to the closest CSC. The CSC will cost for bio-metric authentication from every beneficiary. For any question/doubt associated to e-KYC, the beneficiaries may contact the involved Zonal Agriculture Office/ Field functionaries of Agriculture Department. 

Farmers have been suggested to make use of solely the official web site of PM-KISAN portal and to not obtain another App for e-KYC authentication.  

As per the rules of the scheme, the next classes of beneficiaries of upper financial standing will not be eligible for profit below the scheme:

1. All Institutional Land holders
2. Former and current holders of constitutional posts
3. Former and current Ministers/ State Ministers and former/current Members of Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha/ State Legislative Assemblies/ State Legislative Councils, former and current Mayors of Municipal Corporations, former and current Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
4. All serving or retired officers and staff of Central/ State Government Ministries /Offices/Departments and its area items Central or State PSEs and Attached places of work /Autonomous Institutions below Government in addition to common staff of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D staff)
5. All superannuated/retired pensioners whose month-to-month pension is Rs.10,000/-or extra (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D staff).
6. All Persons who paid Income Tax in final evaluation yr.
7. Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants, and Architects registered with Professional our bodies and finishing up career by endeavor practices.