Overview

• Each eligible farmer will receive ₹2,000 directly into their bank accounts as part of the scheme’s 20th installment
• The government has earmarked about ₹20,500 crore for the disbursement to 9.7 crore small and marginal farmers
• Beneficiaries had to complete Aadhaar-based e-KYC, bank account linkages and land record updates by late July to qualify
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and senior officials convened high-level meetings with ICAR and KVK representatives to finalize logistics
• States will host parallel rollouts, including Tripura’s ₹45.4 crore distribution event in Agartala, timed to coincide with the Varanasi ceremony