A high level committee set up on the request of CM Raghubar Das today gave green signal to the proposal of empowering Deputy Commissioners and Gram Panchayats for verification of lineage (family tree) of farmers for the purpose of enabling them for getting the benefits of Pradhan mantra Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. The decision is set to benefit 25 lakh farmers in Jharkhand.
The CM today took part in the committee meeting and it was decided that for PMKSN scheme the basis of farmers’ selection will be their lineage (family tree), which will be verified by the Gram Panchayats and Deputy Commissioners of their districts. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal, Niti Ayog member Professor Ramesh Chandra, Resident Commissioner, Jharkhand MR Meena, Principal Secretary to CM SK Barnwal alongwith others were present in the meeting.