Under the PM Kisan Yojana, a family is defined as a husband, a wife and minor children. If any farmer's family has more members, they are declared ineligible for the installments
The 11th installment was released by PM Narendra Modi on May 31. According to state data, Rs 21,000 crore were given to 10 crore families in the installment
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With schemes like MGNREGA and cash support via PM-KISAN given priority in allocation from the remainder, govt is forced to dip into capital receipts from disinvestment and borrow from the market
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If feelers from the govt are any indication, going forward, PM-KISAN will gradually become the marquee scheme for the farm sector, akin to what MGNREGA was for UPA-1 and 2
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The government has promised to raise Rs 120,000 crore via disinvestment, and an additional Rs 90,000 crore from sale of government equity in public-sector banks and financial institutions, in 2020-21
The projection of the number of beneficiary farmers has also been lowered to 14 crore from the earlier 14.5 crore
It is learnt that the allocation for PM-Kisan may be slashed by 20 per cent to about Rs 60,000 crore in the general Budget from Rs 75,000 crore
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The projection of the number of beneficiary farmers has also been pegged lower at 14 crore from the earlier 14.5 crore
While the spending on the scheme hasn't been encouraging in its very first year, cutting down on allocations is premature and can't be justified
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Modi said at a function in Tumakuru where he disbursed Rs 12,000 crore to 60 million beneficiaries under the government scheme in one go.