PRIME MINSTER KISAN SCHEME. A SCHEME THAT PROVIDES ANNUAL FUND TO ELIGIBLE FORMERS ACROSS INDIA.
Prime minister kisan scheme is a income support scheme.which was launched by the central government to provide a annual fund for farmers across the country.
In the recent years many farmers are distressed and committed suicide for not getting a proper price for their grown crops. India is agriculture based country, more percentage of people in rural India depends on forming for their bread and butter.It is responsibility of a government to safeguard the farmers life.
The scheme covers 12 crore beneficiaries and around 75,000 crore is the estimated fund for the scheme.The administrative mechanism includes state government also, certain conditions are applied for the eligibility of this scheme.
Farmer should not have more than 2 hectares of land, adhar is compulsory to avail this scheme, a bank account in any nationalized banks.The fund is transferred in three instalments, state government is provided with 0.25% of first instalment and 0.125% in second instalment for the successful implementation of the scheme.
The short coming is that the tenant farmers and landless laborers are not considered for the benefits.And lack of data for implementation.
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