Feb 1 cut-off date for eligibility consideration under PM-Kisan scheme

Centre writes to all states, UTs to identify beneficiaries expeditiously

Setting in motion the process of disbursing the first tranche of income support for farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, the Union government has directed states to use the existing land-ownership system to identify beneficiaries, and stated that only those whose names appeared in land records as of February 1, 2019, would be considered.

 
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal had announced the scheme while presenting the interim Budget on Friday. Goyal said farmers who owned less than 2 hectares of land would receive income support worth Rs 6,000 a year — Rs 2,000 in three instalments. Crucially,