National Study on Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

This national-level study on the PM Kisan program, India’s flagship cash assistance initiative for landholding farmers, is intended to assess the cash transfer system’s efficacy and efficiency and capture the experience of the beneficiaries in how they receive and use the benefit. It covers more than 13,000 beneficiaries across 20 states.

The PM Kisan program provides all eligible farmers three equal installments of $25 every four months. At the time of the launch, it focused on small and marginal farmers. Later, it extended the benefits to all the farming families providing more coverage.