Updating land records: Centre to use states' data for PM-Kisan scheme

In four states, mostly in the Northeast, the process has not started

The central government, as long as land records are not updated, might rely on states’ database relating to small and marginal farmers to release the first tranche of Rs 2,000 income support in the form of seed subsidy under PM-KISAN, senior officials have said.

In Punjab, where less than 95 per cent of land records have been computerised till December 2018, the database prepared by the state for its loan waiver scheme will be used to identify beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), according to officials.

In Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal, the database prepared by