It provides beneficiary farmers income support of Rs. 6000. This amount is released in three four (quaterly)-monthly instalments of Rs.2000 each over the year.

• It was announced in interim Budget for the year 2019-2020
• It is credited directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries held in destination banks through Direct Benefit Transfer mode.
• The previsions criteria for small and marginal landholder farmer families to avail this benefit was cultivable land holding upto 2 hectare across the country.

Union Cabinet has comprehensively extended ambit of PM-KISAN to all land holding eligible farmer families who will avail benefits under the scheme (but subject to existing exclusion factor).