How you can check PM Kisan scheme beneficiaries status and list

• The government transferred ₹16,146 crore as a first instalment into the bank accounts of 8 crore farmers.
  
• Under this scheme, the government provides relief of ₹6,000 every year to farmers in three instalments each of ₹2,000.
  
• If you applied for the programme and want to check whether you made it to the list, here are the steps.

Weeks after the Indian government announced a relief package for the needy, the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme deposited money into the accounts of more than eight crore farmers.

The government transferred ₹16,146 crore as a first instalment today. Under this scheme, the government deposits ₹6000 every year to farmers - in three instalments each of ₹2000 each.

The government has uploaded a new list on the PM Kisan website for 2020. The site allows you to check the names of the farmers who have been approved by the government for the benefits of this scheme. If you applied for the programme and want to check whether you made it to the list to get ₹6000 this year, here are the steps.

• Go to the website www.pmkisan.gov.in or click here.

• Look for the ‘Farmer Corner’ on the website.
  
  

• Click on the ‘Beneficiary List’.
  

• Enter your state, district, sub-district, block and village details.
  

• After filling this, click on Get Report and get the complete list.
  

The government has also provided ₹31,235 crore financial assistance to more than 33 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last month to protect them from the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. As part of the ₹1.7 lakh crore relief package, the government announced free foodgrain and cash doles to women, poor senior citizens and farmers.

Over 20.05 crore Jan Dhan accounts of women received ₹500 cash deposit. The total government disbursed as much as ₹10,025 crore to them as on April 22.

The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) disbursed about ₹1,400 crore to about 2.82 crore senior citizens, widows and differently-abled persons, the ministry added.

Each beneficiary received an ex-gratia cash of ₹500 under the scheme as the first instalment. Another instalment of ₹500 will be paid next month.

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