Pm Kisan Samman Nidhi 21st Installment: Crores of farmers of the country are waiting for the 21st installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. But before this, the government has started verification of ineligible farmers associated with this scheme. A big scam has been exposed in the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. In these, both husband and wife were availing the benefits of this scheme together. This revelation came during a comprehensive investigation by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Now the government is preparing to take action against these people soon.
Names of 31 lakh people may be deleted
The Central Government has identified more than 31 lakh such beneficiaries under PM Kisan Yojana, where both husband and wife are availing the benefits of this scheme. Now the Agriculture Ministry has asked the states and union territories to investigate these suspicious cases and remove wrong beneficiaries from the list by October 15. The Center is taking this step before the release of the 21st installment. Now around 31 lakh farmers may be out of the list of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana this time.
The Center has categorized it as a “suspicious beneficiary” and has ordered all states and union territories to complete the investigation. The ministry has said that investigation of 19.02 lakh cases has been completed, out of which in 17.87 lakh i.e. about 94% of the cases, both husband and wife were found to be beneficiaries. The Center has asked the states to complete the remaining investigation by October 15 and send the report. Let us tell you that since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in February 2019, 20 installments have been paid to more than 9.7 crore farmers.
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