Many farmers in India are taking advantage of the PM Kisan scheme which began as a system where farmers enrolled on basis of self-certification. Some ineligible farmers are enrolling themselves in the scheme against whom the government has started taking action.
The government put in place various technological requirements like integrating with PFMS, UIDAI, and the Income Tax Department. Payment through Aadhaar and e-KYC as well and other requirements also became mandatory. Those who did not fulfill these requirements were barred from being beneficiaries.
“Income tax payers, high-income groups, and government employees have been marked as ineligible farmers and the state governments have started the process of taking back money from them.” So far, a total of Rs 335 crore has been recovered across the country from the beneficiaries who were not eligible for the scheme,” read a PIB release dated 3 December 2024.
Here’s a list of people who can become PM Kisan Yojana’s beneficiaries, except farmers with high-income:
1. All institutional land holders
. Farmer families who belong to one or more of the following categories:
i) Former and present holders
of constitutional posts ii) Former and present Ministers/Ministers of State and former/present members of Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/State Legislatures/State Legislative Councils, former and present Mayors of Municipal Corporations, and former and present Chairpersons of Zila Panchayats.
iii) All serving or retired officers and employees of Ministries/Offices/Departments of Central/State Government and its field units, Central or State PSEs and attached offices/autonomous institutions under the Government as well as regular employees of local bodies (except Multi-tasking employees/Class IV/Group D employees).
3) All retired/retired pensioners of the above category whose monthly pension is Rs. 10,000 or more (except Multi-Tasking Staff/Class IV/Group D employees).
4) All individuals who paid income tax in the last assessment year.
How to voluntarily surrender of PM Kisan benefits
If you are an ineligible farmer receiving the benefit of PM Kisan, then you can surrender the amount by following the steps given below
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