Over eight crore farmer families have been benefitted under PM Kisan Scheme. The Scheme was launched in February, last year under which income support of six thousand rupees per year in three equal instalments of two 
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry said, more than 48 thousand 937 crore rupees has been released under the scheme till date.
Our correspondent reports that the Scheme initially covered only small and marginal farmer families with landholding up to two hectares. Later the government extended the scheme to all farmer families irrespective of landholding size.
A new facility has been provided on PM-KISAN Web-portal – www.pmkisan.gov.in through Farmers’ Corner link to facilitate the farmers for self-registration and edit his or her name in PM-Kisan database as per Aadhar Card.
The farmers are being facilitated for self registration and data correction through Common Service Centers.