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All landholder farmers’ families in the country are eligible for the PM-Kisan Scheme, except those covered under the following exclusion criteria:
- All Institutional Land holders; and
- Farmer families in which one or more of its members belong to following categories:
- Former and present holders of constitutional posts.
- Former and present Ministers, Members of Parliament & state legislature, Mayors of Municipal Corporations and Chairpersons of District Panchayats.
- All serving or retired employees of Central/ State Government Ministries, PSEs and as well as regular employees of the Local Bodies (Excluding Multi-Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees).
- All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/-or more (Excluding Multi-Tasking Staff / Class IV/Group D employees).
- All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year.
- Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants etc.
