Port Blair, Dec.11: The 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 the Zones of A&N Islands continuously from the day of launch of the scheme for its better reach to the farmers.
To make the integrated platform available in the country to assist in benefit transfer, a platform named PM-KISAN Portal was launched for uploading the farmers’ details at a single web portal in a uniform structure. Accordingly, a facility is provided in PM-KISAN portal in which any grievances related to PM-KISAN scheme can be submitted. The Department of Agriculture has requested the farmers to submit their grievances in PM-KISAN Portal/Mobile App and they can also contact the respective Agriculture Extension staff/Agriculture office.
It is to mention that there are various factors owing to which, the farmer does not receive the benefit of PM-KISAN. The main reason being mismatch in the spelling of the name in the bank account and the name entered on the Aadhaar Card due to which farmers fail to get the money. To facilitate farmers, the Govt. of India has decided to undertake e-KYC verification of all the eligible registered farmer-beneficiaries of PM-KISAN Scheme for smooth transfer of benefits.
The e-KYC authentication of the beneficiaries can be done by both e-KYC OTP mode as well as e-KYC biometric mode. The e-KYC authentication of the beneficiaries through OTP mode can be done on PM-KISAN portal, free of cost by the beneficiaries or State functionaries. For e-KYC biometric authentication facility, the beneficiary may visit the nearest CSC. The CSC will charge for bio-metric authentication from each beneficiary. For any query/doubt related to e-KYC, the beneficiaries can also contact the concerned Zonal Agriculture Office/ Field functionaries of Agriculture Department.
Farmers have been advised to use only the official website of PM-KISAN portal and not to download any other App for e-KYC authentication.
per the guidelines of the scheme, the following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status are not eligible for benefit under the scheme:
(a) All Institutional Land holders
(b) 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 Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha/ 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 b (3))
- 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.