Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct 11: The Government with a view to augment the income of the farmers, launched the Central Sector Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN) during the financial year of 2018-19 which is 100% funded by Govt. of India. Under the Scheme, eligible farmer families receive financial benefits of Rs. 6000/- per year payable in 3 equal installments of Rs. 2000/- each, in every four months. The scheme aims to supplement the financial needs of the farmers in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields, commensurate with the anticipated farm income.
The Agriculture Department has been designated as the Nodal Department for implementation of the Scheme and Director (Agriculture) as State Nodal Officer (State Admin for PM-KISAN Portal). At District level, all the Deputy Commissioners have been designated as District Level Nodal Officers. The Block Level Monitoring and Implementation Committees are headed by concerned Assistant Director (Agriculture).
On 5th October, 2024, the 18th installment of PM- KISAN was released by Hon’ble Prime Minister. In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, so far, 16506 farmers have been benefited and an amount of Rs 53.616 crores were disbursed to these farmers through DBT to beneficiaries account under this ambitious scheme of Government of India.
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