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PM Kisan Samman Nidhi 20th Installment: Under this, each eligible farmer has received Rs 2,000 directly in their bank account.
Under the PM Kisan scheme, the central government provides financial assistance of Rs 6,000 annually to eligible farmers in three equal installments of Rs 2,000.
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi 20th Installment: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released over Rs 20,500 crore under the PM Kisan 20th installment, at an event in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Under this, each eligible farmer has received Rs 2,000 directly in their bank account.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects worth around Rs 2,200 crore.
The 19th installment of the scheme was disbursed in February 2025.
It is mandatory for eligible farmers to complete e-KYC and other required verifications to receive the installment.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture said, “Land seeding was made mandatory along with Aadhaar-based payment and e-KYC. The benefits of the farmers, who did not complete these mandatory criteria, were stopped. As and when these farmers complete their mandatory requirements, they receive the benefits of the scheme along with their due installments, if any.”
As per the scheme’s official website, “eKYC is MANDATORY for PMKISAN Registered Farmers.”
You can complete e-KYC in three simple ways: OTP-based e-KYC, biometric e-KYC, facial authentication.
- Visit https://pmkisan.gov.in
- Click on ‘Know Your Status’
- Enter your registration number or Aadhaar number
- Check whether your name is on the beneficiary list
- Also ensure that your eKYC is completed, as it is mandatory for installment release.
Launched in 2019 after being announced in the Interim Budget by then Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, the PM Kisan scheme has become the world’s largest DBT scheme. Under it, eligible farmers receive Rs 2,000 every four months totalling Rs 6,000 annually in the following cycles — April-July, August-November, and December-March.
The money is deposited directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
To qualify for the PM Kisan’s 20th installment, one must:
- Be a citizen of India
- Own cultivable land
- Be a small or marginal farmer
- Not be a pensioner receiving Rs 10,000 or more per month
- Not have filed income tax
- Not be an institutional landholder.
- Go to https://pmkisan.gov.in
- Click on ‘New Farmer Registration’
- Enter your Aadhaar number and captcha
- Fill in the details, click ‘Yes’
- Complete the form, submit it, and take a printout
For any queries, you can call the PM-KISAN helpline numbers — 155261 and 011-24300606.
Haris is Deputy News Editor (Business) at news18.com. He writes on various issues related to personal finance, markets, economy and companies. Having over a decade of experience in financial journalism, Haris h…Read More
Haris is Deputy News Editor (Business) at news18.com. He writes on various issues related to personal finance, markets, economy and companies. Having over a decade of experience in financial journalism, Haris h… Read More
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