Central government plans to launch a village-level
campaign to enroll an additional one crore farmers in Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme
over the next 100 days,The scheme urged States to ensure wider coverage of the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-Kisan) and pension schemes
Currently, there are about 6.92 crore KCC holders. Around 14.5 crore
operational landholdings farmers eligible for an agricultural loan of up to
₹1.6 lakh. Among the major States that have poor KCC penetration are: Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
About
PM Kisan Scheme
PM Kisan is a Centrally-sponsored income support
scheme for farmers which would give them ₹6,000 a year in three equal
instalments.
The scheme extended to all farmers, irrespective
of the size of landholdings.
The pension scheme would give ₹3,000 monthly to
small and marginal farmers from the age of 60 between 18 and 40 years of
age.Farmers will have to contribute ₹100 per month under the Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Pension Yojana for the monthly pension, according to the government. The
Centre will match the farmers contributed to the pension fund to be managed by
the LIC. The cabinet approved a separate pension scheme for farmers which
covers five crore beneficiaries in the first three years,It costs around
₹10,774.5 crore per annum. Farmers to allow the contribution to be made
directly from the benefits drawn from the PM-Kisan scheme.
