PM Kisan KYC Features: To take advantage of PM Kisan Yojana, it is necessary for farmers to get KYC done. Till now, farmers’ information and thumb impression were taken for KYC. But now the government has made the process of KYC easy for those farmers. For whom this was a problem. Now the facility of face authentication has also started for the farmers. Which farmers will be able to do from their mobile phones also. For the first time, the government has started the facility of face authentication through mobile app for any central welfare scheme. That is, now there is no need for farmers to wander anywhere to get KYC done. They can complete KYC through their phones even while sitting at home.
KYC is necessary for farmers
Beneficiaries of PM Kisan Yojana can now do KYC by scanning their face with their phone instead of one time password and fingerprint. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched this mobile app on Thursday. Through which farmers can do KYC sitting at home through their mobile phones only. Under the PM Kisan Yojana, the government has so far paid 13 installments to the farmers. 14th installment is being paid. For which it is necessary for the farmers to get KYC done.
The pilot test of this app with face authentication facility has been started from May 21 itself. In which so far 3 lakh farmers have done e-KYC through their phones, but still there are many farmers who do not have mobile number and Aadhaar card link. Due to which they were not able to complete the KYC process. Not only this, the elders were also facing difficulties in going to the centers to get KYC done through finger print. But now the elders will also get relief from the face authentication facility.
3 crore women farmers got benefited
PM Kisan Yojana was started in the year 2019. In which an installment of 2000 thousand rupees is given every four months. In this, money is transferred directly to the farmers’ account without any middleman. The government has so far transferred Rs 2.42 lakh crore to the accounts of about 11 crore farmers. The great thing is that about 3 crore women farmers are included in these farmers.
