Income Support Schemes

Income support schemes put cash directly into farmers' bank accounts, with no loan to repay and no purchase required. They exist because most Indian farmers work small plots and face costs — seeds, fertiliser, household needs — that arrive before harvest income does. Payments go through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), which means the money moves straight from the government to the farmer's Aadhaar-linked bank account with no intermediaries.

Schemes in this category

• PM-KISAN — Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi — Rs 6,000 per year to every eligible landholding farmer family, paid as three installments of Rs 2,000 directly into their bank account.