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The money under the PM Kisan scheme is provided to farmers each year in three instalments — April-July, August-November and December-March.
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, eligible farmers get Rs 2,000 every four months, which is Rs 6,000 annually. (Representative image)
PM Kisan 19th Installment Date: As beneficiary farmers are waiting for the 19th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM Kisan) scheme, the amount is going to be released in February 2025, according to reports. The 18th installment of the PM Kisan scheme was released in February 2025, in which a total of 9.4 crore farmers got Rs 20,000 crore in their bank accounts.
The 17th installment was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June this year. The prime minister released the 17th installment of the PM Kisan scheme worth over Rs 21,000 crore to more than 9.26 crore farmers on June 18, 2024, during his visit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The 16th installment was released by Modi on in February this year.
What is PM Kisan Scheme?
Under the PM Kisan scheme, eligible farmers get Rs 2,000 every four months, which is Rs 6,000 annually. The money is provided each year in three instalments — April-July, August-November and December-March. The fund is directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
The scheme was announced in the Interim Budget 2019 by then finance minister Piyush Goyal and was later launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has now become the world’s biggest Direct Benefit Transfer scheme.
PM Kisan Scheme e-KYC
To receive the instalments, the farmers need to complete their e-KYC. According to the scheme’s official website, “eKYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers. OTP-based eKYC is available on the PMKISAN Portal, or the nearest CSC centres may be contacted for Biometric-based eKYC”.
PM Kisan: How To Check Beneficiary Status?
1) Visit the official website — pmkisan.gov.in
2) Now, click on the tab ‘Know Your Status’ on the right side of the page
3) Enter your registration number and fill Captcha Code, and select ‘Get Data’ option
Your beneficiary status will come up on the screen.
PM-KISAN: Check Your Name in Beneficiary List
Step 1: Visit PM Kisan official website www.pmkisan.gov.in
Step 2: Click on the ‘Beneficiary list’ tab.
Step 3: Select details from the drop-down such as select state, district, sub-district, block, and village
Step 4: Click on the ‘Get report’ tab
After this, the beneficiary list will be displayed.
You can call on the helpline numbers — 155261 and 011-24300606.
Steps To Apply For PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Step 1: Visit pmkisan.gov.in
Step 2: Click on ‘New Farmer Registration’ and enter Aadhaar number and fill the captcha
Step 3: Enter the required details and click on ‘Yes’
Step 4: Fill in the information asked in the PM-Kisan application form 2024, save it and take a printout for future reference.
