Key facts
- Launched
- 11 Oct 2025 (approved 16 Jul 2025)
- Scale
- 100 low-productivity districts · ₹24,000 crore a year for 6 years · ~1.7 crore farmers
History and related schemes
Modelled on the Aspirational Districts Programme (2018).
2026 notes from the PDF
Completed one year (Oct 2026).
Exam revision
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Compare schemes in this sector
PM-KISAN = ₹6,000 income support (2019) · PM-KMY = ₹3,000 pension for farmers at 60 (2019) · PMFBY = crop insurance (2016).
Memory aid from the guide
Feb is farmer month: Soil Health Card (19 Feb 2015) · PMFBY (18 Feb 2016) · PM-KISAN (24 Feb 2019).
Sector practice from the PDF
PMFBY replaced which schemes?
- NAIS and MNAIS
- RKVY and NFSM
- PKVY and BPKP
- AIBP and IWMP
- PM-AASHA and PDPS
(A) NAIS and MNAIS
From where was the 24th PM-KISAN instalment released?
- Bhagalpur
- Banaskantha
- Guwahati
- Yavatmal
- Varanasi
(B) Banaskantha 30 Oct 2026
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