Highlights It aims to provide income support farmers. Certain exclusions are also listed. New Delhi: The wait for the 8th instalment of the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme (PM-KISAN) will get over today (Friday), as it on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, PM Modi will release latest tranche. The 8th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme will be released by PM Modi at 11 AM via video conferencing. This will enable the transfer of more than Rs. 19,000 crores to more than 9.5 crores beneficiary farmer families, confirmed the PMO. The last or 7th instalment of PM Kisan was paid on Christmas, December 25, which is also the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.