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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Under PM Kisan Scheme, Why is Money Credited Into Some Farmers' Accounts Quickly Deducted? -Dheeraj Mishra

Under PM Kisan Scheme, Why is Money Credited Into Some Farmers' Accounts Quickly Deducted? -Dheeraj Mishra

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published Published on May 4, 2019   modified Modified on May 4, 2019
-TheWire.in

Documents obtained through RTI requests shed more light on complaints by farmers that money deposited under the PM Kisan scheme was immediately debited by the banks.

New Delhi:
A right to information (RTI) query filed by The Wire has revealed that crores of rupees credited into farmers’ accounts under the Modi government’s ambitious PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme were reversed within a few hours.

The BJP has been championing the PM-Kisan Yojana as a major accomplishment in its rallies for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Launched on February 24, PM Modi described the scheme as a significant step towards improving the condition of farmers.

However, documents accessed by The Wire reveal that the deposits of Rs 2,000 – given to thousands of farmers in the form of the first instalment – were reversed within a few hours, or a few days in some cases. The scheme provides Rs 6,000 annually, in three instalments of Rs 2,000, to farmers who own land totalling two hectares or less.

In response to the RTI query, of the 19 national banks in the country, the State Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, UCO Bank, Syndicate Bank, and Canara Bank admitted that for a number of beneficiaries, the money credited in the farmers’ accounts under the PM-Kisan Yojana has since been debited.

Banks claim ignorance about debited funds

The State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank, said that there were 27,307 such accounts till March 8, 2019, and a total of Rs 5.46 crore had been deposited and then reversed. The SBI also said that it had credited Rs 854.85 crore in about 42,74,000 accounts till March 8, 2019, under the PM-Kisan scheme.

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TheWire.in, 2 May, 2019, https://thewire.in/government/under-pm-kisan-scheme-why-is-money-credited-into-some-farmers-accounts-quickly-deducted


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