Ineligible farmers not turning up to return aid under kisan yojana

Nearly 3,300 farmers in the district were found ineligible under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PMKSNY) in the district, and were asked to refund the financial aid of around Rs 3.82 crore Just over Rs 38 lakh have been recovered so far.

As per the data procured from the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, as many as 3,296 ineligible farmers, majority of whom were payee, were detected, but only 386 farmers have refunded Rs 38,32,000 so far.

The income tax-payee farmers and those who get pension over Rs 10,000 are not eligible to get the financial aid under the scheme that aims at providing Rs 6,000 per annum in three installments for agricultural works. Only those farmers, having land in their name in the revenue records are eligible to receive the aid.