AgricultureFinancial inclusionGovernment of India (Central Scheme)

PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)

पीएम-किसान (प्रधानमंत्री किसान सम्मान निधि)

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Central income support to landholding farmer families.

Benefit type

Income support (DBT)

For

Farmer

Age

Any age

Highest education

Any

Who can apply

For

Farmer

Age

Any age

Highest education

Any

Gender

Any

Social category

All categories

Income

No income bar

Domicile

Any

Eligibility

Landholding farmer families (with cultivable land), subject to exclusion criteria (income-tax payers, institutional landholders etc.). Registered on the PM-KISAN portal.

Details

Benefit type: Income support (DBT)
Benefit detail: ₹6,000/year in three ₹2,000 installments. Verify current status at the portal.
Target beneficiary: Landholding farmer families.
Launch date: —

Status evidence

Active

Active — 22nd installment released 13 Mar 2026 (₹18,640 cr to 9.32 crore farmers; cumulative >₹4.27 lakh crore, per PIB); 23rd installment scheduled 20 Jun 2026. ₹6,000/year in three ₹2,000 installments; eKYC mandatory. Verified 2026-06-19.

Sources:pmkisan.gov.in ↗

Last budget year: —
Last notification: 13-03-2026
Last verified: 19-06-2026 · 8 days ago

Data & impact

Public figures where available; where Bihar publishes nothing, the data request itself is shown. Every number is sourced — none are estimated.

Fiscal year	Funds (₹ cr)	People
2024-25	₹1,591 crBihar — 19th instalment	76,37,000Bihar farmers (19th instalment)
2025-26	—	9,46,15,309National PM-KISAN beneficiaries, latest period DEC-MAR 2025-26 (official pmkisan.gov.in dashboard) [scope: National]