JAMMU : Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, chaired a meeting to review imple- mentation of PM Kisan in the UT here today.
It is pertinent to mention that the thirteenth instal- ment under PM Kisan is expected to be disbursed by next month onwards.
ACS thoroughly reviewed numbers pertain- ing to seeding of bank accounts with Aadhar of the beneficiaries, their linking with revenue records and e- KYC from every district.
He directed the Chief Agriculture Officers and nodal officers to remove all bottlenecks to ensure maxi- mum eKYC procedures post verification against revenue records.
He also had an exclusive interaction with the Lead Bank Officers regarding updation of beneficiary data on the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) platform of
Government of India. He directed them to ensure col- lection of mandates and maximum data updation by November end.
ACS also called on respective officers for removing all technical and website related issues to ensure least hassle to the beneficiaries.
Regarding ineligible beneficiaries, like taxpayers and government employ- ees, ACS directed the offi- cers to identify them and submit a list of such benefi- ciaries to the UT adminis- tration for fixing accounta- bility and necessary action.
He also asked the offi- cers to ensure that if any eligible beneficiary has been left out due to land mutation issues, their issues must be addressed to ensure that they benefit from the government’s scheme.
Those present in the meeting included Commissioner Secretary, Revenue, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Special Secretary Agriculture, TK Bhat, Director Agriculture Jammu, KK Sharma besides other senior officers from Agriculture and Revenue Departments while officers from Kashmir participated online.