PM-Kisan 21st Instalment on 19 November: Around 9 Crore Farmers to Get Rs 18,000 Crore

Farmers waiting for the next PM-Kisan payment now have a date. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 21st instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme on 19 November, according to an official statement reported by PTI from Jaipur on 18 November and carried by NewsDrum, and confirmed by a second report citing the same official statement, which says the Prime Minister is scheduled to disburse the instalment on 19 November.

The release will be a large one. NewsDrum, citing the official statement, reports that nationwide around nine crore farmers are expected to receive Rs 18,000 crore under the scheme in this instalment. In Rajasthan alone, Rs 1,332 crore will be transferred to the bank accounts of 66.62 lakh farmers. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma will participate in the state-level event organised at the State Institute of Agriculture Management in Durgapura, while similar programmes will be held across all districts, according to the statement released on Monday.

PM-Kisan is the Centre's direct income support scheme for farmer families. Under the scheme, eligible farmers receive Rs 6,000 a year, paid in three equal instalments, and the money is transferred directly into their bank accounts. The scheme was launched on 24 February 2019, and the Centre has released 20 instalments so far. The second report, citing the official statement, says the Centre has disbursed more than Rs 3.70 lakh crore directly into the bank accounts of over 11 crore farmer families under the scheme so far, making it one of the largest Direct Benefit Transfer initiatives in the world.

Farmers can check whether they will receive this instalment on the official portal. The statement cited by the second report says farmers can visit pmkisan.gov.in, where the "Farmers Corner" section offers a "Know Your Status" feature to check their payment status, along with a self-registration process. Registrations can also be done at nearby Common Service Centres, and farmers can open Aadhaar-based bank accounts at their doorstep with the India Post Payments Bank. The PM-KISAN mobile app also offers direct services to beneficiaries, and e-KYC can be completed through facial authentication via Aadhaar in the app.

Help is available if something goes wrong. According to the same official statement, a grievance redressal system has been provided on the PM-Kisan portal and the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), so farmers can raise concerns directly on the portal. A Kisan-eMitra chatbot is also available to address language barriers, powered by large language technology covering 11 major languages including Hindi, English, Tamil, Bengali, Odia, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi and Kannada. The statement also says village-level saturation campaigns are held from time to time to identify, verify and include all cultivable land-owning farmers, and the Agriculture Ministry has launched a Farmer Registry to make it easier to access welfare benefits.

If you are a beneficiary, check your status on pmkisan.gov.in before 19 November and make sure your bank and Aadhaar details are in order, so the money reaches the right account. The payment goes straight to the bank account, with no middlemen involved, according to the official statement. Once the instalment is released, you can confirm whether it has arrived with our guide to checking your bank balance on your phone.