The Ministry of Agriculture has made the PM-KISAN scheme portal directly accessible to farmers in a bid to circumvent state governments’ opposition to the programme,The scheme promises small and marginal farmers Rs 6,000 a year in three instalments.
The Ministry has notified states that farmers will now be allowed to directly enrol for the scheme by self-declaring landholdings. The states, however, will still have to verify the Aadhaar seeding and other eligibility before payment is transferred, the report added.