PM-Kisan transfers Rs 6,000 a year to eligible landholding farmers in three Rs 2,000 instalments through PFMS. Eligibility runs through five layers: registration, land verification, Aadhaar seeding, eKYC and final approval by the State Nodal Officer. An RTI under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005 to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), the State Nodal Officer and the local Lekhpal / Patwari office can pull each step's record and unblock most stuck instalments within 30 days.
Use this guide if (a) earlier instalments came but recent ones have stopped; (b) PM-Kisan portal shows “Aadhaar Failure” or “ineligible”; © the State Nodal Officer rejected your case after a tehsil verification; (d) you are listed as “RFT Signed by State” but money has not arrived; (e) you want the land record extract used to determine your eligibility.
The CIC has held in Suresh Yadav v DA&FW (CIC, 2022) and similar later decisions that beneficiary status, rejection reasons and PFMS payment advice are disclosable to the applicant farmer.
To, The Public Information Officer, [Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare / State Agriculture Department / District Agriculture Officer / Tehsildar] [Full address] Subject: RTI under Section 6 regarding PM-Kisan instalment for farmer [Name], registration ID [number], Aadhaar last four [XXXX] Sir / Madam, I, [Full name], a citizen of India and a registered beneficiary of PM-Kisan, request the following under the RTI Act 2005. Fee of Rs. 10 paid online / by IPO. In respect of my PM-Kisan registration ID [number], application date [date], state [name], district [name], block [name], village [name]: 1. Present status of my registration on the PM-Kisan portal as on the date of receipt of this RTI. 2. Date and result of Aadhaar seeding with my account number, including PFMS bank validation log. 3. Date and result of eKYC (Aadhaar OTP / biometric / face authentication). 4. Land verification noting by the Lekhpal / Patwari / Tehsildar, with the khata / khasra entry consulted and the Family Definition applied. 5. Reason recorded for rejection or deferment, if any. 6. FTO (Fund Transfer Order) number, instalment-wise, with date of generation and date of bank credit. 7. Acknowledgement and date by which the next instalment is expected to be released. 8. Standard Operating Procedure followed for verification under the 2018 PM-Kisan Operational Guidelines and subsequent circulars. 9. Present location of my file and the name of the present custodian. I invoke Section 10 (severability) and Section 6(3) (transfer to right office). I undertake to pay further fee under Section 7(3). Yours faithfully, [Signature, name, date]
Top reasons: pending eKYC, Aadhaar-bank account name mismatch, land record family-mapping update, voluntary surrender by another family member, or detection of an exclusion category. The RTI reply pinpoints which.
No, but it forces the file movement and exposes the precise blocker, which then allows you to fix it (eg redo eKYC, update family record, get land mutation).
Yes. The verification noting and the khata / khasra extract referred are part of the record. Mark a copy to the local Tehsildar PIO.
Yes, your own. Third-party PFMS data is not.
Husband, wife and minor children, per the 2019 circular. Joint families and adult children with separate landholding need separate registration.
Tenant farmers without land in their name are generally ineligible. State variations exist for forest-right holders and tribal cultivators; check your state notification.
Yes, for central DA&FW. State-level RTIs are mostly physical.
Last reviewed: 9 May 2026.