Digital IDs must for new PM Kisan beneficiaries

The agriculture ministry has made it mandatory for the new applicants for the direct cash transfer programme PM Kisan to obtain digital IDs linked to land records. The move is to ensure that only genuine land-owning farmers get the benefits and simplify the process of registration for various other farmer welfare programmes.

In a communication to states, the agriculture ministry has stated that from January 1, 2025, states must ensure digitization of land records and mutation in the name of the beneficiaries so that farmers digital ids could be generated.