(a) the total number of farmers enrolled under Direct Income Support (DIS) scheme for the financial year 2019-20, State-wise;
(b) the budget allocated and disbursed under DIS, State-wise;
(c) the category-wise farmers benefited under DIS scheme for the financial year 2019-20, State-wise; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure doubling farmers income by 2022 as on date and the status of increase in farmers income as on date?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a): The total number of farmers enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme for the financial year 2019-20, State-wise is given in Annexure-I.
(b): Under PM-KISAN, funds are not allocated State-wise. An amount of Rs.20,000 crores (R.E.) was allocated under the Scheme for the FY 2018-19. For the FY 2019-20, an amount of Rs.75,000 crores (B.E.) has been allocated to the Scheme and an amount of around Rs.35,000 crores has been disbursed under the Scheme so far.
(c): The category-wise farmers benefitted under PM-KISAN Scheme for the financial year 2019-20, State-wise is given at Annexure-II.
(d): The Government constituted an Inter-ministerial Committee in April, 2016 to examine issues relating to “Doubling of Farmers Income” and recommend strategies to achieve the same. The Committee submitted its Report to the Government in September, 2018 and thereafter, an Empowered Body was set up on 23.01.2019 to monitor and review the progress against the recommendations. Due to the efforts made as part of schemes/ programmes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare which also aligns with the strategy of doubling farmers’ income, there has been an appreciable improvement in efficiency bringing about a positive impact in the agriculture sector. Various interventions and schemes that have already been rolled out as envisaged in the recommendations of DFI Committee to double the income of farmers by 2022 are at Annexure –III.