CHANDIGARH, FEB 5
Joint Secretary, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ministry, Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, here today, held a review meeting with the officers of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and UT Chandigarh in connection with the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in which discussion was held to implement this scheme at the earliest so that the benefits of this scheme could be made available to small and marginal farmers.
Officers of three main departments of these states namely Revenue Department, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department and NIC were present in the meeting as these departments would play an important role in implementing the scheme.
During the meeting, Dr. Likhi said that the record of the land of the farmers of small and marginal sections having up to two hectares of land will be prepared on the basis of February 1, 2019. He said that after this date, if any change in land records is made, then the farmer will not get the benefit of this scheme for the next five years. He said that the benefits of this scheme will be given only to those farmers who are cultivating crop on their land.
He said that the farmers whose name will be found in the record of land till February 1, 2019, will be covered in this scheme. He said that if any farmer's land is found in different villages or revenue records, then it would be considered to extend the benefit of the scheme by doing pooling. He said that under this scheme, eligible farmers will be given a benefit of Rs. 6,000 in a year which will be payable in three installments of Rs. 2,000 each. Similarly, he said that according to the plan, the first installment will be payable by considering December 1, 2018 as base.
In the meeting, Dr. Likhi directed the officers of four states that the Government of India has created a PM Kisan Portal for this scheme in which the district wise data of the eligible farmers would be uploaded as per guidelines and in a time bound manner. He said that they should also do publicity if this scheme in the rural and remote areas of the state so that maximum eligible farmers could be covered in this scheme. He said that this scheme is completely planned by the Government of India. He said that after receiving the application of eligible farmers on the portal, the amount will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of beneficiaries after verification.
Dr. Likhi said that monitoring and supervision of this scheme will be monitored at the level of the Chief Secretary in the State whereas at district level, it will be done by the Deputy Commissioner concerned. He said that the Government of India would also set up Project Monitoring Authority at its own level to ensure proper monitoring of the scheme.
He said that the Government of India has made a provision of Rs. 75,000 crore for this scheme, under which about 12 crore farmers of the country will be covered. He said that in connection with the implementation of this scheme, the Secretary level officers of the Center have also organized video conferencing with the Chief Secretaries of the States.
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