New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally transfer the 22nd instalment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme on March 13, releasing about Rs 19,000 crore to 9.32 crore farmers, a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said.

The transfer will be made from Guwahati in Assam.

Launched in February 2019, the PM-Kisan scheme provides Rs 6,000 annually to each eligible farmer in three equal instalments. The upcoming release, scheduled ahead of the kharif sowing season, is expected to help farmers purchase essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers and pesticides.

“PM will release the 22nd instalment of PM-Kisan amount on March 13 from Guwahati,” the official said.

Typically, instalments under the scheme are released in February or March, June or July, and October.

The 19th instalment of Rs 22,000 crore was released to 9.8 crore farmers in February 2025, followed by the 20th instalment of Rs 20,500 crore to 9.7 crore farmers in August 2025, and the 21st instalment of Rs 18,000 crore to 9 crore farmers in November 2025.

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With cumulative disbursements of about Rs 4.09 lakh crore up to the 21st instalment, PM-Kisan remains one of the government’s flagship direct benefit transfer programmes aimed at supporting farmers across the country.