A major fraud has been uncovered in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Around 12,500 couples cleverly took double benefits from the scheme. Both husband and wife applied separately and received assistance, even though only one member of a farmer family is eligible.

Key Highlights

• 12,500 couples took double benefits

• Fraud exposed during Farmer Registry verification

• Illegally received installments will be recovered

 How the Scam Was Exposed

The district is currently conducting the Farmer Registry process. This registry will determine which farmers will be eligible for future government schemes including PM-Kisan.

During the verification, it was found that in thousands of cases, installments were sent to both the husband’s and wife’s bank accounts.

 Recovery Has Started

The agriculture department has now decided that:

• Only the husband will be considered eligible (in these detected cases).

• All installments sent to the wife will be treated as illegal benefit.

• The amount given to the wife will be recovered from the husband’s future installments.

• Future installments of the husband will remain stopped until full recovery is completed.

This has created panic among thousands of farmers—some claim it was a mistake, while others are suspected of intentionally abusing the scheme.

Verification Still Underway

The agriculture department is rapidly identifying all such couples.
Their goal is to ensure that the entire government fund is recovered.

🧑‍🌾 What Is PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana?

• Launched in 2018–19 by the central government

• Provides ₹6,000 per year to eligible farmers

• Money is given as three installments of ₹2,000 each

 Registered Farmers in the District

• Total registered farmers: 4,07,000

• 21st installment sent to: 268,552 farmers