Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Release 22nd Instalment of PM-KISAN on 13th March; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, shared these details
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme providing income support of ₹6,000/year to landholding farmers in three equal instalments of ₹2,000 via DBT.
- Topic blends scheme statics (Prelims) with agrarian welfare, DBT efficiency and fiscal cost debates (Mains GS-II/GS-III).
- 22nd instalment milestone shows scale: ₹18,640 crore to 9.32 crore farmers, lifting cumulative outgo past ₹4.27 lakh crore.