No Rule Change in PM-KISAN; Payment Holds Linked to Verification Issues
Reports suggesting that husbands have been excluded from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) are incorrect. There has been no rule change disallowing payments to male farmers in cases of jointly-held agricultural land. Under PM-KISAN, all eligible landholding farmer families receive ₹6,000 annually, paid in three equal installments of ₹2,000 each. The scheme […]