Overview
- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said eligible farmers will receive the 21st PM-Kisan installment soon and pressed states to complete Aadhaar seeding, e-KYC and land record checks.
- The Agriculture Ministry has cautioned that farmers without completed e-KYC, Aadhaar linkage or bank account seeding will not get this installment.
- Phased transfers have begun, including more than Rs 540 crore to over 27 lakh farmers in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and Rs 171 crore to 8.5 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Media outlets have reported a possible first‑half‑of‑November release for remaining states, but the Centre has not announced a nationwide date.
- Payments under approved schemes like PM-Kisan can proceed during the Model Code of Conduct, and over 9–10 crore registered farmers are awaiting the 21st tranche as the program’s lifetime disbursals cross roughly Rs 3.90 lakh crore.