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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 17,431 farmers from the state must repay the money dole given by the Central authorities below the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan), an earnings help scheme for farmers. The state agriculture division has issued reimbursement notices to them after the verification by each the state and central governments discovered that they have been ineligible to obtain the help.
Chatting with TNIE, a senior agriculture directorate officer stated the verification by the state authorities has discovered that 2,295 farmers who utilized for the scheme and drawing PM-Kisan cost have been ineligible, whereas a preliminary scrutiny by the Central authorities on the earnings tax database revealed that 15,136 beneficiaries of the scheme in Kerala are earnings tax payers, who will not be eligible.
The operational tips of the scheme stipulate that households with taxpayers, serving and retired authorities workers, professionals like medical doctors, engineers, legal professionals, chartered accountants and designers registered with skilled our bodies, MLAs, MPs and so forth will not be eligible for earnings help below the scheme.
“There are 37 lakh beneficiaries of the scheme in Kerala. The division has been verifying round 10 per cent of the database of farmers by cross-checking their credentials. The Centre has requested the state to begin restoration measures after a scrutiny of the earnings tax database discovered that 15,136 beneficiaries are ineligible for the money profit below the scheme. Following this, the state authorities communicated to ineligible farmers and most of them expressed readiness to cooperate with the federal government. Those that will not be able to repay the quantity acquired must face measures like income restoration. In the intervening time, nevertheless, the Centre has not requested the state to begin income restoration measures,” he stated.
The scheme envisages offering a money dole of Rs 6,000 to over 37 lakh farmers within the state in three instalments on to their Aadhaar-linked financial institution accounts, a situation set by the federal government to scale back fraud and pilferage within the largest farmer scheme until date.
