PM-Kisan: Decks cleared for first cost to Bengal farmers

Decks have been cleared for switch of cash on to the financial institution accounts of eligible farmers in West Bengal below the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme, a supply within the Union Agriculture Ministry informed The Indian Express on Friday. The beneficiaries within the state are more likely to get their first installment of Rs 2,000 every of their financial institution accounts on May 7.
“The West Bengal government has given its approval to automatic debit for directly transferring the money into bank accounts of the PM-Kisan beneficiaries,” mentioned the supply, including that this paves the way in which for switch of the cash into the accounts of eligible farmers.
The state accepted the automated debit on May 4, a day after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to direct state officers to facilitate it on the earliest since farmers within the state have been being denied advantages of the scheme.
On Thursday, the chief minister informed reporters in Kolkata that each one measures have been taken and she or he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to advise the Union Agriculture Ministry to launch the funds.
According to the sources, the nodal officer of PM-Kisan in West Bengal authorities gave a letter of authority to the supervisor of State Bank of India on May 4 to authorise the financial institution to auto debit the cash from the scheme’s nodal account and switch it to the beneficiaries’ accounts.

About 7.55 lakh farmers in West Bengal are more likely to get their first PM-Kisan installment of Rs 2,000 for the interval April-July on May 14 when the Centre is about to launch the subsequent installment to over 9 crore beneficiaries throughout the nation, sources mentioned. Under the scheme, a complete of Rs 6,000 is to be transferred in three equal installments to the farmers’ accounts by way of DBT.
While will probably be the eighth installment to be paid below the scheme since its launch in 2018-19, the subsequent cost would be the first for farmers in Bengal because the state had not accepted the scheme initially, elevating objections on the mode of cost amongst different elements.

About 41 lakh of the 69 lakh estimated farmers of West Bengal have registered themselves on the PM-Kisan portal until now. Of them, about 14 lakh farmers have been verified by the state nodal officer. Of these 14 lakh, particulars of seven.55 lakh farmers have been verified on the PFMS, making them eligible for cost within the first spherical, a supply mentioned.