PM Kisan: How Can New Farmers Register For The Scheme? Follow These Simple Steps

All farmers' families who have cultivating landholding in their names are eligible for claiming benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PIV-KISAN). However, to avail of it, you must register first for the scheme. PM Kisan provides a financial benefit of Rs.60001 per annum per family in a year.

What is the PM Kisan scheme?

PM Kisan is a new Central Sector Scheme to provide income support to all landholding farmers' families in the country to supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs. Under the Scheme, the entire financial liability towards the transfer of benefits to targeted beneficiaries will be borne by the Government of India.

Under the scheme, all landholding g farmers' families shall be provided with the financial benefit of Rs.6000 per annum per family payable in three equal instalments of Rs.2000 each, every four months. The ambit of the scheme has been extended to cover all farmer families, irrespective of the size of their land holdings.

Also, the beneficiary shall be liable for recovery of transferred financial benefit and other penal actions as per law.

How Can New Farmers Register For PM Kisan:

As per the guidelines, new farmers can register on PK Kisan's official website. Here's how to do it!

Step 1: Visit the official website: pmkisan.gov.in

Step 2: On the right side of the screen, in bold, it will be mentioned as 'New Farmer Registration'. Click on it!

Step 3: You will be directed to a new page, where you will be required to feed in your details.

Step 4: Firstly, you need to select between two options namely 'Rural Farmer Registration' and 'Urban Farmer Registration'.

Step 5: Then, put in details of your Aadhaar Number and Mobile Number. Your Aadhaar will be authenticated with UIDAI. You will be able to proceed with registration only if your Aadhaar is authenticated.

Step 6: Select the state you reside in. And add a captcha code.

Step 7: Once all details are added, generate a one-time password (OTP) which you will receive on your registered mobile number.

According to the guidelines, through this link, the farmers can submit their details online. The online Form has certain mandatory fields as well as self-declaration regarding eligibility. Once the Form is filled in and submitted successfully by the farmer, the same is forwarded by an automated process to the State Nodal Officer (SNO) for verification. The SNO verifies the details filled in by the farmer and uploads the verified data on the PM-KISAN portal. Thereafter the data is processed through an established system for payment.

Farmers can also visit the link to update his/ her names as per details on the Aadhaar Card. The edited name then gets updated after authentication through the system. Also, through the link, by quoting their Aadhaar Number or Bank Account Number or the registered Mobile Number, the beneficiaries can ascertain the status of payment of their instalments.