UP government to enroll 11 million farmers under PM Kisan scheme

With 2019 elections Lok Sabha elections now over, the Yogi Adityanath government has undertaken an extensive drive to enroll nearly 11 million targetted beneficiaries under ‘PM Kisan’, the Centre’s flagship minimum income guarantee scheme for poor farmers.

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM Kisan) is targetted at over 120 million small and marginal farmers across India, of which Uttar Pradesh comprises the maximum number of about 21.4 million, or nearly 18% of beneficiaries. PM Kisan is estimated to cost the central exchequer Rs 75,000 crore annually even as it guarantees income of Rs 6,000 annually, payable in equal instalment of