Govt may save over Rs 26,500 crore on PM-Kisan courtesy slow farmer data validation process


Date & Time: 2020-02-20 11:35:34

The scheme's beneficiaries will reportedly number around 8 crore for the April to July period, leaving around 5.8 crore potentially eligible farmers out of the net. This means a saving of over Rs 11,500 crore for the government since the beginning of this fiscal, and another Rs 15,000 crore is expected to be saved over the remainder of the year unless states speed up on uploading data.