How much is the Scheduled Castes participation in PM Kisan Scheme?

Without cultivable land, the benefit of PM farmer scheme is not available. (Symbolic Images)

The number of Scheduled Caste beneficiaries in the PM Kisan Scheme, which provides direct benefits in the bank account of farmers, is very less. This class has 16.2 percent population in the country, out of which only 12 percent are getting the benefit of Kisan Samman Nidhi. Actually, the main condition to take advantage of this scheme is to have cultivable land. Experts say that this figure proves that the Scheduled Castes do not have agricultural land. However, there are more people in this class who work as laborers in agriculture.

Among the states in which Scheduled Caste farmers have benefited from this scheme are Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. 26 per cent of the total beneficiaries of Himachal Pradesh and 19 per cent in UP are from this category. Himachal has 25.19 percent Dalit population. While their population is 20.7% in UP.

The data of Punjab, Haryana is surprising

In terms of percentage of total population, Punjab has the highest number of 31.94% of the scheduled castes. But here only 0.017 per cent of the farmers got benefit under the PM Kisan Scheme. Here, 6000-6000 rupees are being given annually to 23,33,637 farmers. Out of which only 413 farmers belong to scheduled castes. Haryana has 20.17 percent SC population. But here the Dalit beneficiaries of PM Kisan Nidhi are just 3 percent.

The need to change the definition of farmer

OP Dhama, who works for the Scheduled Castes, says that Punjab has a Scheduled Castes population (Population) but they do not have agriculture. They do share farming. Therefore, if the government changes the definition of farmer so that the benefits of government schemes are available only to those who actually do farming. This will benefit the disadvantaged people of the entire country. The Haryana government is going to change the definition of farmer.

Scheduled Caste participation in PM Kisan Scheme

state name	Total beneficiaries	Sc beneficiary	Percentage of s.c.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	16809	18	0.1
Andra Pradesh	5340309	629604	12
Arunachal Pradesh	93829	125	0.13
Assam	2718646	224368	8
Bihar	7829148	895732	11
Chandigarh	424	7	2
Chhattisgarh	3138558	412834	13
Delhi	14782	183	1
Goa	10260	32	0.3
Gujarat	5787850	227764	4
Haryana	1901771	60829	3
Himachal Pradesh	931316	238691	26
Jammu and Kashmir	1152275	101008	9
Jharkhand	2550836	319171	13
Karnataka	5396766	458926	9
Kerala	3604197	218879	6
Ladakh	3116	6	0.2
Lakshadweep	1793	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	8313165	1019353	12
Maharashtra	10988399	764677	7
Manipur	499766	13041	3
Meghalaya	181706	1099	1
Mizoram	157517	3584	2
Nagaland	206154	525	0.25
Odisha	3719216	413164	11
Puducherry	10982	723	7
Punjab	2333637	413	0.017
Rajasthan	7082035	1052027	15
Sikkim	6201	224	4
Tamil Nadu	4,557,227	506037	11
Telangana	3838436	560609	15
Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, Diu	14,524	223	2
Tripura	230205	26689	12
Uttar Pradesh	24300719	4566938	19
Uttarakhand	879247	139602	16
The total	107811821	12857105	12

Source: Ministry of Agriculture

Preparation in Haryana, will be more beneficial

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has announced to change the definition of being a farmer. He has said that the farmer will be considered as the one who is doing agriculture. A law is being made for this. The ownership of the landlord will remain. The tenant will get the benefit of agriculture related schemes. The one who sows will be considered a farmer. Farmers who give away land will not be considered.

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