The correct answer is: a) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme launched on 24 February 2019 by the Government of India to provide income support to all landholding farmers’ families across the country, irrespective of the size of their landholding. The scheme envisages an annual income support of â¹6,000 per farmer family, payable in three equal installments of â¹2,000 each, directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
The scheme is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The scheme is funded by the Central Government and is being implemented in all the States and Union Territories of the country.
The scheme is open to all landholding farmers’ families, who are citizens of India and who have a minimum of 2 hectares of cultivable land. The landholding farmers’ families, who are already receiving benefits under any other government scheme, are not eligible for the benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme.
The benefits under the PM-KISAN scheme are being provided to the farmers’ families on the basis of their landholding records available with the State Governments. The State Governments are responsible for the identification of the beneficiaries and for the transfer of the benefits to the beneficiaries’ bank accounts.
The PM-KISAN scheme is a major step towards the realization of the Prime Minister’s vision of doubling the farmers’ income by 2022. The scheme is expected to benefit over 12 crore farmers’ families across the country.
The other options are:
b) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) is a scheme launched by the Government of India in 1998 to provide short-term agricultural loans to farmers. The scheme is implemented by the State Governments through the State Cooperative Banks and the Regional Rural Banks.
c) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is a crop insurance scheme launched by the Government of India in 2016. The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
d) National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is an electronic trading platform for agricultural commodities launched by the Government of India in 2016. The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.