New Delhi: The Common Service Centre (CSC), a part of national e-governance scheme under the Central government, has set a target of enrolling 2 crore small and marginal farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) by August 15.
PM-KMY, a central sector social security scheme administered by the Agriculture Ministry, was launched by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar here on Friday.
Under PM-KMY, announced in the Budget 2019-20, a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 will be provided to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60.
The Ministry has roped in CSC, a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY), as exclusive “enrolling agency” to enrol subscribers. “I have asked all village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) who run over 2 lakh CSCs in villages across India to register at least 100 small and marginal farmers by Independence Day,” said CSC CEO Dinesh Tyagi.
He said all the CSCs will remain open on Independence Day also to complete the target of registering at least 2 crore farmers by Independence Day.
Noting that the enrolment process was very simple, Tyagi said any eligible farmer who wants to join the scheme can visit his nearest CSC along with his Aadhaar card and bank passbook.
He said VLEs at the CSCs will complete the on-line registration process after taking all relevant details of farmers.
“After the authentication process is completed, the enrolled farmer will be informed and his PM-KMY pension card with a unique pension account number will be generated.”
The PM-KMY scheme is being implemented across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. (IANS)
