PM-KISAN
Architecture, Scale, and DBT Mechanism
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), launched in December 2018 under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, provides direct income support of ₹6,000 per year to all eligible cultivating farmer families. The amount is delivered in three equal instalments of ₹2,000 each via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) directly into verified bank accounts — a design that eliminates intermediaries and leakages.
- Beneficiary base: approximately 9.7-9.8 crore farmer families per instalment
- Annual outlay: ₹75,000-80,000 crore (FY2025-26: ₹80,000 crore — record allocation)
- Eligibility: all cultivating farmer families with cultivable land; excludes income-tax payers, institutional landholders, government employees, and certain professional categories
- Delivery: DBT to Aadhaar-seeded, eKYC-verified bank accounts
- Since inception: total transfers exceeding ₹3.45 lakh crore to farmer families
- PM-KISAN is a Central Sector Scheme (100% central government funding, no state share)
● Tracked since March 06, 2026 · last seen July 31, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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