Action Plan for Enrollment of Farmers under PMKMY (Prime Minister

Kisan Maan-dhan Yojana)

Introduction:

• Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana was started to provide social

security to all landholding Small and Marginal Farmers in the country.
• Under this scheme, a fixed pension of Rs.3,000/- per month will be
provided to all eligible small and marginal farmers.
• It is a voluntary and contribution based pension scheme.
• Pension will be paid to the farmers from a Pension Fund managed by the
Life Insurance Corporation of India.

Guidelines:

• Farmers from the age of 18 years to 40 years are eligible to join the
scheme.
• Farmers will have to contribute an amount between Rs.55 to Rs.200 per
month in the Pension Fund till they reach the age of 60 Years.

Member's Government’s Total

Superannuation
Entry Age contribution contribution contribution
Age
(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)
18 60 55 55 110
19 60 58 58 116
20 60 61 61 122
21 60 64 64 128
22 60 68 68 136
23 60 72 72 144
24 60 76 76 152
25 60 80 80 160
26 60 85 85 170
27 60 90 90 180
28 60 95 95 190
29 60 100 100 200
30 60 105 105 210
31 60 110 110 220
32 60 120 120 240
33 60 130 130 260
34 60 140 140 280
35 60 150 150 300
36 60 160 160 320
37 60 170 170 340
38 60 180 180 360
39 60 190 190 380
40 60 200 200 400
 • The Central Government will also make an equal contribution of the
same amount in the pension fund.
• Spouses of the Small and Marginal farmers are also eligible to join the
scheme separately and they will also get separate pension of Rs.3000/
when they reach the age of 60 years.
• If the farmer dies after the retirement date, the spouse will receive 50% of
the pension i.e. Rs.1500 per month as Family Pension.
• If the farmer is a beneficiary of the PM-KISAN Scheme, he/she may allow
the contribution to be directly paid from the same bank account in which
he / she receives the PM-Kisan benefit.
• The eligible farmers desirous of joining the scheme will visit nearest
Common Service Centre (CSC) along with their Aadhaar number and
bank passbook or account details.
• Enrolment under the scheme is free of cost and the farmers are not
required to make any payment for the purpose at the CSC Centres.

Status of Enrolment:

• As per the available data, there are about 9,06,791 Small & Marginal
Farmers with the age limit of 18-40 Years are there in different districts
eligible for enrollment in the Scheme.
• So far, 10674 farmers have enrolled in this scheme.
• Being beneficial scheme for the Small & Marginal Farmers, the State is
taking all the necessary steps for maximum enrolment of eligible farmers
under the Scheme.
• Targets are also been fixed at District Level during next 4 weeks to enrol
maximum number of farmers.
• The District Wise Number of Eligible Farmers, Status of Enrolment,
in-charge details of CSCs and proposed targets are enclosed.

Plan of Action:

• Conduct of special campaigns for enrolment of farmers in the scheme.

• Wide publicity among the farming community by the Village Volunteers,
field Staff of Agriculture Department.
• Pamphlets have already been distributed in the villages for creating mass
awareness.
• The issue has been included as one of the priority item in different
awareness programmes.
• The details of the nearest Common Service Centres (CSCs) will be
communicated by the Village Volunteers, field Staff of Agriculture
Department for facilitating more number of farmers to CSCs.
• All the eligible farmers below 40 years age group who are getting benefit
under PMKISAN are being motivated for payment of premium through
the respective beneficiary accounts.

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