NEW DELHI: The government has recovered Rs 416 crore from ineligible farmers under the flagship scheme PM-KISAN since its launch in 2019, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Chouhan, in a written reply, said the central government has disbursed over Rs 3.68 lakh crore to farmers in 19 installments since inception.
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, launched in February 2019, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred in three equal instalments, into the Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. PTI
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