PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)
₹6,000 a year, paid in three instalments of ₹2,000
The government pays ₹6,000 a year to farmer families who own land. It comes as three payments of ₹2,000 each, sent straight into a bank account that is linked to your Aadhaar. You must finish your e-KYC and keep it current, or the instalments stop.
Who can apply
- Farmer family that owns cultivable land
- Land record (khatauni) in your name or a family member's name
- Bank account linked to your Aadhaar
- e-KYC completed and kept up to date
Who cannot apply
- Institutional landholders
- Income-tax payers
- Government employees and pensioners above a certain threshold
What to take with you
- Aadhaar card
- Land papers (khatauni)
- Bank passbook
- Mobile number linked to Aadhaar
How to apply
Register or check your payment status at pmkisan.gov.in. If you cannot do it yourself, take your Aadhaar, land papers and bank passbook to the nearest Common Service Centre.
Rejected or still waiting? Check these first
Most applications fail for a correctable reason, not because the applicant was ineligible. Before assuming you do not qualify, check each of these:
- Aadhaar details do not match the bank account details
- Land record is outdated or unclear
- e-KYC not done or not renewed
Still stuck after checking all of these? Tell us what happened and we will help you work out which office to approach.