Overview
- As of mid-July, the PM-Kisan portal has not announced a date for the delayed 20th ₹2,000 instalment.
- Farmers faced a July 14 cutoff to finish e-KYC, Aadhaar-bank linking and land record checks to remain eligible.
- The government issued six detailed compliance steps in early July and extended deadlines to help beneficiaries update records via Common Service Centres.
- Widespread speculation suggests Prime Minister Modi may credit the tranche during his July 18 address in Motihari, Bihar.
- Since its 2018 launch, PM-Kisan has disbursed over ₹3.5 lakh crore to nearly 10 crore farmers across three annual instalments.