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Parliamentary panel flags low subscription under farmer pension scheme
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 07:16 PM IST
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The PMKMY is a pension scheme for small and marginal farmers having cultivable land up to 2 hectares. Farmers within the age group of 18-40 years are eligible to get themselves enrolled under the scheme.
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A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for very low level of enrollment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PMKMY), under which a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 is provided to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60.
The scheme was introduced in September 2019 and aimed to cover about 5 crore beneficiaries up to the 2021-22 fiscal, which has been revised downwards to 3 crores.
After the agitation on the Farm Bills, one expected that the Budget would not include any more reform agenda. But this has happened and the allocation within the line item do not exhibit major change