PM Kisan Yojana: Farmers across the country are eagerly awaiting the 21st installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. The previous installment, the 20th, was released in August, slightly behind schedule. This installment benefited 98 million farmers, including 24 million women farmers. Now, farmers are eagerly awaiting the government’s next announcement.
What is PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana?
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana was launched in the 2019 interim budget by then-Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. It was subsequently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This scheme has now become the world’s largest Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. Under this scheme, eligible farmers receive financial assistance of Rs 2,000 every four months. This means that farmers receive a total of Rs 6,000 annually in three installments. This amount is transferred directly to farmers’ bank accounts.
When will the 21st installment of PM Kisan be released?
According to media reports, the 21st installment may be released in the first week of November. However, the government has not yet announced an official date. It should be noted that the government has already released the 21st installment for flood- and landslide-affected farmers in Jammu and Kashmir. On October 7, 2025, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released this installment in advance via video conferencing.
Under this scheme, an amount of Rs 171 crore was transferred directly to the bank accounts of 8.55 lakh farmers, including more than 85,000 women farmers. So far, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir have received Rs 4,052 crore under the PM-KISAN scheme.