PM Kisan Samman Nidhi: There is big news for crores of farmers of the country. The Central Government has made a big change in registration process of PM Kisan Scheme. If you also want to register in the PM Kisan scheme, then now it is necessary for you to have a ration card, that is, you cannot register in this scheme without a ration card. The central government has taken this step to check the rapidly increasing fraud in PM Kisan scheme.
Ration Card will be Necessary for New Registration
Now without the ration card, you will not be able to get Rs 2000. Whoever makes a new registration in this scheme, it will be necessary to give the ration card number. Under this scheme, the government gives financial assistance of Rs 6000 in 3 equal installments to the farmers.
Crores of Farmers are Taking Advantage of this Scheme
So far 9 installments of PM Kisan Scheme have been released and soon, the government will transfer the 10th installment (PM Kisan Scheme 10th installment) to the farmers' account. Till now 11.37 crore farmers have got the benefit of this scheme. The government has transferred Rs 1.58 lakh crore under this scheme.
Documents to be uploaded as PDF
If you register for the first time under PM Kisan Yojana, then you will have to upload the ration card number. Along with this, you will also have to upload its PDF. The central government has now completely abolished the requirement of hardcopy of Aadhar card, bank passbook and declaration form. That is, now you have to upload your documents as PDF instead of hardcopy. With this step of the central government, fraud will be stopped; along with this, the process of registration will also become very easy.
Who can Apply for PM Kisan?
All landholding families which have cultivable landholding and are aged between 18-40 years are eligible to take advantage of this scheme.
10th Installment will be Released Soon
The money of the tenth installment of PM Kisan Scheme will soon be transferred to the farmers' account. By the month of December, the government can put the money of this installment in the accounts of crores of farmers. The central government is planning to release the 10th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana by 15 December 2021.