Over 27 lakh farmers in the flood-hit states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand have been allocated funds over ₹540 crore under the 21st instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme, the government said on Friday.
The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme that was launched in February 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers.
“The release of the 21st instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme was declared by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, through video conferencing,” said an official statement, adding that this instalment has been specially prioritised for the farmers of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand which have been severely affected by recent floods and landslides.
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"A total of more than ₹540 crore has been directly transferred into the bank accounts of over 27 lakh farmers, including around 2.7 lakh women farmers, across the three states. This support aims to provide timely relief to farmers as they work to recover from the recent calamities," the statement added.
Of this amount, the Centre transferred ₹160.21 crore to 8,01,045 farmers in Himachal Pradesh; ₹221.98 crore was transferred to as many as 11,09,895 farmers in Punjab, while 7,89,128 farmers in Uttarakhand got ₹157.83 crore.
With this release, the cumulative disbursement under PM-KISAN to the three states has crossed ₹13,626 crore since the launch of the scheme, under which financial benefits of ₹6,000 per year are transferred in three equal instalments into the Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.
Chouhan said the government is committed to standing by farmers in every situation, highlighting that the instalment of ₹2,000 will help farmers meet immediate household needs, procure seeds and fertilisers for the next sowing cycle, and restore their confidence to resume cultivation.
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