TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The Centre has to recover Rs 2,992.75 crore as on July 15 from 42.16 lakh ineligible beneficiary farmers registered for the central scheme PM-KISAN, with highest amount to be recovered from Assam, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday.
The highest amount of Rs 554.01 crore has to be recovered from 8.35 lakh ineligible farmers in Assam, followed by Rs 437.9 crore from Punjab, Rs 357.9 crore from Maharashtra, Rs 340.56 crore from Tamil Nadu, and Rs 258.64 crore from Uttar Pradesh, according to data placed before the Lok Sabha by the minister. As per the data, the other states include Gujarat (Rs 220 7 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs 195.9 crore), Rajasthan (Rs 144.1 crore) and Karnataka (Rs 129.32 crore).
Surprisingly, about Rs 76,000 has to be recovered from 19 ineligible farmers of West Bengal where the PM-KISAN scheme was implemented in May, the data showed.
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, launched in 2019, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is provided to the eligible farmer families, payable in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000. The fund is transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
