Over 42 lakh ineligible beneficiaries under PM-KISAN, ₹2,992.75 crore to be recovered: Tomar
The Hindu
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, launched in 2019, a financial benefit of ₹6,000 per year is provided to the eligible farmer families, payable in three equal instalments of ₹2,000.
The Centre has to recover ₹2,992.75 crore as on July 15 from 42.16 lakh ineligible beneficiary farmers registered for the central scheme PM-KISAN, with highest amount to be recovered from Assam, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on July 20, 2021. The highest amount of ₹554.01 crore has to be recovered from 8.35 lakh ineligible farmers in Assam, followed by ₹437.9 crore from Punjab, ₹357.9 crore from Maharashtra, ₹340.56 crore from Tamil Nadu, and ₹258.64 crore from Uttar Pradesh, according to data placed before the Lok Sabha by the minister. As per the data, the other States include Gujarat (₹ 220.7 crore), Madhya Pradesh (₹ 195.9 crore), Rajasthan (₹144.1 crore) and Karnataka (₹ 129.32 crore).
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