Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a central sector scheme of the Government of India launched by the honourable Prime Minister on February 2019 and implemented with effect from December 1, 2018. The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria, to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture, allied activities and domestic needs. Under the scheme, an amount of ₹ 6,000/- per year is transferred in three equal instalments of ₹ 2,000/-, viz. (April–July, August–November, and December–March) each financial year, directly into the farmers’ bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

PM-KISAN is a technology-driven IT solution for transferring direct benefits into the aadhaar seeded beneficiaries’ bank accounts through the aadhaar-enabled payment system. The states/UTs identify and verify the beneficiaries under the scheme as per the operational guidelines of the scheme.