Without losing time Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar chaired a meeting with Agriculture Ministers of all States and UTs via Video Conference on Thursday and discussed the implementation of three key schemes of Government of India namely Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-Kisan), Pension Scheme for Small and Marginal Farmers and Kisan Credit Card Campaign.
Union Agriculture Minister urged all States to expedite the process of enrolment of all eligible farmer families in a time bound manner so that the benefit under PM-KISAN for the period from April to July, 2019 can be transferred directly to their bank accounts.
The Minister also informed all States and UTs regarding rolling out of Pension Scheme for Farmers belonging to the age group of 18-40 years. He also requested all States/ UTs to create awareness about the Pension Scheme.
Tomar also requested States to organise village level campaign to cover one crore farmers under Kisan Credit Card Scheme within next hundred days.
The PM-Kisan Yojna is an income support scheme for farmers. It is a 100% central sector scheme which will give farmers Rs. 6000/- per year in 3 equal instalments. From 01.04.2019, the scheme has been extended to cover all farmers, the total beneficiaries will be 14.5 crores.
During the video conference it was stressed that there should be 100% enlistment of eligible beneficiaries by States and UTs, timely uploading of corrected data on PM-Kisan portal and establishment of proper redressal Mechanism.