PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana: Farmers Must Link Their Account With Aadhaar For 10th Installment | Here’s How to do it

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana: Only a few days are left for the farmers to receive the 10th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. And to receive the latest benefit, the beneficiaries must link their account with Aadhaar Card. It is must for every registered farmer without which they are unlikely to receive any benefit.Also Read – #UPSCExtraAttempt: Why Are Civil Service Aspirants Demanding Another Chance?

The farmers must know that the PM Kisan Scheme was started in December 2018 by the Central government to provide aid to farmer families who need financial support. The scheme was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Notably, the PM Kisan scheme is applicable to families of all farmers with landholdings. Now, the scheme is not restricted to just small and marginal farmers, though it was initially meant to be so. Also Read – Breaking LIVE: Ahead of Parliament’s Winter Session, PM Modi to Hold All-party Meet Today to Discuss Agenda

A farmer family which comes under the ambit of PM Kisan is eligible to get Rs 6,000 per year from the government. The aid is given in three installments of Rs 2,000 each. The money is being transferred to the account of the farmers directly over a period of three quarterly installments throughout the year. Also Read – Planning Lockdown, Urging Flight Ban And Scaling up Testing: How Are Indian States Preparing to Combat Omicron 

The landholding farmer families, who have cultivable landholding in their names, are eligible to get benefit under the PM Kisan scheme. However, institutional landholders and those who pay income taxes are not eligible to receive any benefit from the plan.

No farmer will get any benefit if the Aadhaar is not linked with their account. After the linking is done, then only the farmer family will be able to receive Rs 6,000 annually as the benefit of the scheme.

Here’s how to link Aadhaar with PM Kisan account:

1. Go to the bank branch linked with your Aadhaar card
2. Put your signature on a photocopy of the Aadhaar card in presence of a bank officer. Do not sign on your original Aadhaar card and you may choose not to carry it as well
3. The online seeding will be done by your bank after your Aadhaar is verified by them
4. Your 12-digit Aadhaar number will be filled in your account after this
5. Post-verification, you will receive an SMS confirming the same