PM Kisan - pmkisan.gov.in Registration, Beneficiary Status Check, 21st Installment Date

PM-Kisan (PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana) is a Central Government scheme, offering financial assistance to farmers. Under this scheme, the government provides ₹6,000 per year to farmers to help them purchase agricultural products and reduce their dependency on informal credit sources.

Key Highlights:

• Installment Amount: ₹2,000 in three installments, totalling to ₹6,000 annually
• Installment Period: April to July, August to November and December to March  
• Registration: Through the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana website or Common Service Centres (CSCs)
• Beneficiaries: Every farmer owning cultivable land
• Condition to Receive Installments: Must have Aadhaar card and completed PM-Kisan e-KYC

PM-Kisan 21st Installment Date & Updates

The PM-Kisan 21st installment is expected to be released by October 2025, with farmers advised to complete e-KYC and Aadhaar linking to ensure timely payment.

PM-Kisan 20th Installment Date & Updates

The Prime Minister released the PM-Kisan 20th installment on 2nd August 2025 to over 9.70 crore farmers. The PM-Kisan beneficiaries have received ₹2,000 installment under the 20th installment. An amount of more than Rs. 20,500 crore was transferred to the accounts of the beneficiaries.

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi 2025 Overview

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) Yojana is a Central Sector Scheme that provides income support to the families of landholding farmers in India. It aims to supplement the financial needs of farmers in obtaining inputs related to agriculture inputs and allied activities for ensuring proper crop health and appropriate yield.

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana provides financial assistance to to all landholding farmers’ families who have cultivable lands. Under this scheme, 100% of funding is provided by the Government of India. The benefits of this scheme are directly transferred to the bank accounts of the identified beneficiaries.

 Eligibility Under PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

Under this scheme, all landholder farmers’ families are eligible to obtain the benefits. 

The landholder farmers’ family is defined under the scheme guidelines as a family consisting of a husband, wife and minor children who own cultivable land as per the land records of the respective state or UT. The State Government and UT administration will identify the eligible farmer families based on the existing land ownership system.

PM-Kisan Scheme Exclusion Category

The following categories of beneficiaries belonging to the higher economic status will not be eligible to obtain the benefits under the scheme:

• Every institutional landholder.
• Farmer families belonging to one or more of the below categories:
  • Present and past holders of constitutional posts.
  • Present and former Ministers, State Ministers, Chairpersons of District Panchayats, Mayors of Municipal Corporations, Members of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha or State Legislative Assemblies or State Legislative Councils.
  • Every retired and serving employee and officer of the following, excluding Class IV/Multi Tasking Staff/Group D employees: 
    • Central or State Government Ministries
    • Offices or Departments and its field units 
    • Central/State PSEs and attached offices 
    • Autonomous institutions under government
    • Local bodies
  • Every superannuated or retired pensioner with a monthly pension of Rs.10,000 and above (Excluding Class IV/Multi Tasking Staff/Group D employees).
  • Every person who paid Income Tax in the last assessment year.
  • Professionals registered with Professional bodies and carry out the following professions by undertaking practices:
    • Engineers 
    • Doctors 
    • Chartered Accountants 
    • Lawyers 
    • Architects 

PM-Kisan Scheme Benefits

Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi 2025, income support of ₹6,000 per year is given to all farmer families having cultivable land in their name, irrespective of the size of their landholdings.

The amount of ₹6,000 is given in three equal installments every year as follows: 

PM-Kisan Aadhaar Link

The farmers need to have an Aadhaar card to avail the benefits of the PM-Kisan scheme. The farmers cannot enroll or register themselves as beneficiaries under the PM-Kisan scheme if they do have an Aadhaar card. The installment is released only on the basis of the Aadhaar-seeded database.

PM-Kisan e-KYC for Farmers 

The government has made e-KYC mandatory for the farmers registered under the PM-Kisan to obtain their installments under the scheme. If the e-KYC has not been done by a farmer, he/she will not get the installment under the scheme.

The government had allowed farmers to do Aadhar-based e-KYC through OTP authentication on the PM-Kisan portal. The process to complete e-KYC through the PM-Kisan portal is as follows:

• Visit the PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to the ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘eKYC’ option.
• Enter the Aadhaar number and click on the ‘Search’ button.
• OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number. Enter the OTP and click on the ‘Submit OTP’ button.
• The eKYC process will be complete.

The farmers can also do e-KYC by going to the nearest CSC centres for biometric authentication. 

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi 2025 Credit Card

The government has launched the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme which provides farmers with timely access to credit. The KCC scheme aimed at providing short-term formal credit to the farmers. The government has linked the KCC with the PM-Kisan scheme.

The PM-Kisan beneficiaries can apply for KCC cards and obtain short-term loans with low-interest rates under the KCC cards, which help them purchase equipment and cover other expenses as well.  

The following are the features of the PM-Kisan credit card:

• Loans are provided at a low-interest rate of 2% to 4% 
• Collateral-free loans up to ₹3 lakh are provided
• In-built crop insurance coverage
• Flexible repayment option of the loans

The beneficiaries of the PM-Kisan scheme can apply for PM-Kisan credit cards by following the procedure below:

• Go to the PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to the ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘Download KCC Form’ option.
• The ‘Loan Application form for agricultural credit for PM-Kisan beneficiaries will open’. The farmers need to download this form.
• Fill in all the details in the form. To apply for KCC cards, the farmers need to select the option of ‘Issue of fresh KCC’ provided under the option ‘B’ section while filling out the form.
• Once the form is filled, the form, along with the required documents, is to be submitted to the bank of the farmer.
• The bank will process the request and provide the KCC card to the farmer.

Alternatively, the beneficiaries can also visit the bank website where they wish to apply for a PM-Kisan credit card, fill out the application form for the KCC card on the website and submit it online. The bank will process the application and provide the KCC card to the PM-Kisan beneficiaries. 

Application Process Under PM-Kisan

The farmers can apply for the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi yojana in the following ways:

• The eligible farmers can apply for this scheme with the revenue officials, village Patwaris or other designated officers or agencies by submitting the required details to them.
• The eligible farmers can visit their nearest Common Service Centres (CSCs) for registration under the scheme upon payment of fees.
• The eligible farmers can also do self-registration on the PM-Kisan portal through New Farmers Registration. 

PM-Kisan Online Registration Process

The procedure of online registration for the PM-Kisan scheme is as follows:

• Go to the PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to the ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘New Farmer Registration’ option.
• The ‘New Farmer Registration Form’ page will open. The registration page will verify if the farmer is already registered on the portal.
• For verification, the farmer has to select the ‘Rural Farmer Registration’ or ‘Urban Farmer Registration’ option and enter the Aadhar Number, select the state from the drop-down list, enter the captcha and click on the ‘Search’ button.
• If the farmer details are not found on the database, the page will display the confirmation and ask ‘if you want to register yourself’. The farmer needs to click on the ‘Yes’ tab.
• The registration form will open where the farmer has to enter the personal and banking details and click on the ‘save’ button.
• The farmer needs to follow the instructions shown on the page and complete the registration process.

PM-Kisan Mobile App Registration

The farmers can also download the PMKISAN mobile app from the Google Play Store and register themselves. The farmers can download the PMKISAN mobile app directly from the Google Play Store or even go to the PM-Kisan website on their mobile and click on the ‘Download PM Kisan Mobile App’ option in the ‘Farmers Corner’ section.

The process of PM-Kisan registration on the PMKISAN mobile app is as follows: 

• Open the PMKISAN mobile app, choose the language from the list and click on the ‘New Farmer Registration’ button. 
• Enter your Aadhaar card number, captcha and click on the ‘Continue’ button.
• Fill out the registration form with the details like the name, bank details, address, IFSC Code, land details, etc., and click on the ‘Submit’ button to complete the registration.

The respective State and UTs will identify the beneficiaries. The details of farmers will be maintained by the states or UTs either in manual or electronic form. The benefits will be transferred to the beneficiaries directly to their bank accounts.

Documents Required for PM-Kisan Registration

• Aadhaar card
• Proof of citizenship
• Documents showing ownership of land
• Details of bank account

PM-Kisan Application Status Check

After submitting the PM-Kisan application either online on the PM-Kisan Portal or through the CSC, the farmers can check the status of their registration by following the below procedure:

• Go to the PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to the ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘Status of Self Registered/CSC Farmers’ option.
• Enter the ‘Aadhaar Number’, ‘Image code’ (Captcha code) and click on the ‘Search’ button.
• The status of the submitted registration application will be displayed.

PM-Kisan Beneficiary Status

The government publishes the list of PM-Kisan beneficiaries on the official PM-Kisan portal. After the farmers have registered on the portal, they can view their PM-Kisan beneficiary status. The procedure for PM-Kisan status check is as follows:

• Go to the PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘Beneficiary Status’ button.
• The ‘Beneficiary Status’ page will open.
• Enter the Aadhar number, Account number or Mobile number and Captcha and click on the ‘Get Data’ button.

Upon clicking on the ‘Get Data’ button, all the transaction information of the PM-Kisan beneficiary will be shown. The details of the last installment, the date of the last installment transferred to the beneficiary account and the bank account credited to will appear on the screen.

PM-Kisan Beneficiary List

The beneficiaries can also view the PM-Kisan scheme list for a particular village. The farmers can check if they are included in their village’s beneficiary list for this scheme by following the below process:

• Go to the official PM-Kisan portal.
• Scroll down to ‘Farmers Corner’ and click on the ‘Beneficiary List’ button.
• The ‘Beneficiaries under PM Kisan’ page will open.
• Enter the Status, District, Sub-district, Block, Village and click on the ‘Get Report’ button.

The PM-Kisan beneficiary status will be displayed.

Direct Link to PM-Kisan Installment Status Check

Here is the direct link to check installment status - https://pmkisan.gov.in/BeneficiaryStatus_New.aspx 

Enter your PM Kisan registration number, enter the captcha code and click on ‘Get Data’ to check the status of the installment.

PM-Kisan Helpline Number

The PM-Kisan Helpline number for farmers is – 155261/011-24300606 

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi 2025 is a crucial scheme for millions of farmers who receive installments under this scheme. The amount provided under this scheme provides income support to farmers and strengthens rural households. The amount of ₹6,000 is directly transferred to the farmer's account whose e-KYC is completed.

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