Kisan Gate
Illegal claimants of Kisan scheme may lose all aid
Bosco.Dominique@timesgroup.com
Cuddalore:
Agriculture department officials in Vridhachalam block in Cuddalore district have told ineligible beneficiaries of the PM Kisan scheme to return the financial assistance they had received before October 22, failing which they would be removed from the list of beneficiaries under all other state and central government schemes.
A CBCID probe had revealed that more than 61,000 ineligible beneficiaries have received financial assistance to the tune of ₹13 crore under the centrally sponsored scheme in Cuddalore district alone. The agriculture department, with the help of the revenue department and CBCID sleuths, has so far recovered ₹11.5 crore and is taking efforts to recover the balance ₹1.5 crore from the remaining 6,000 ineligible beneficiaries.
A senior agriculture department official said the diktat issued by authorities in Cuddalore district was specific to Vridhachalam block and it was not a common directive for the entire state.
“The agriculture department officers in Vridhachalam block wanted to expedite the recovery of money swindled by ineligible beneficiaries. Vridhachalam block accounted for one of the highest instances of PM Kisan scheme scam,” said the official.
Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme implemented in Tamil Nadu from January 2019. Underthe scheme, income support of ₹6,000 a year is provided in three equal instalments to all small and marginal farmer families.
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