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| + | ====== PM-KISAN installment stuck? RTI to fix it ====== | ||
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| + | **Quick Reply:** PM-KISAN Rs 2,000 installment stuck? File RTI to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to extract land-seeding, | ||
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| + | ===== The story most citizens recognise ===== | ||
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| + | Sunita owns about one and a half bigha of cultivable land in her own name in a drought-prone village in Barmer, western Rajasthan. Her family was enrolled in PM-KISAN in 2020. For five years the money arrived like clockwork — Rs 2,000 every four months, quietly, into her Aadhaar-seeded bank account. She used it for seed, urea and the occasional diesel pump rental. | ||
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| + | Then it stopped. The 22nd installment, | ||
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| + | ===== What PM-KISAN actually is ===== | ||
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| + | **Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)** is a Central Sector scheme, 100% funded by the Government of India, operational since 01 December 2018 (launched 24 February 2019). It pays **Rs 6,000 per year to every eligible landholder farmer family**, in **three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each**, every four months. The three cycles are April-July, August-November and December-March. | ||
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| + | The scheme was revised on 21 June 2019. The earlier two-hectare land ceiling was **removed** — there is now no land-size cap. The cut-off date for establishing land ownership is **01 February 2019**, valid for five years, with succession allowed on death after that date. Tenant farmers, sharecroppers and agricultural labourers whose name does not appear in the land records are **not eligible** — ownership in your own name in the revenue record is mandatory. NRIs are not eligible; only Indian citizens residing in India qualify. | ||
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| + | The Union Budget 2026-27 kept the **allocation at Rs 60,000 crore** and the benefit amount unchanged at Rs 6,000. As of the 23rd installment (20 June 2026), the **cumulative disbursed since launch has crossed Rs 4.46 lakh crore**. The 23rd installment alone transferred over **Rs 18,880 crore to more than 9.44 crore farmers**, including about 2.18 crore women. | ||
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| + | The scheme is run by the **Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA& | ||
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| + | One naming trap to avoid. On the rtionline.gov.in dropdown, the public authority may still appear under the older label **" | ||
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| + | ===== How the installment flow works ===== | ||
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| + | To ask a sharp question, you need to know how the installment reaches you. The chain has five links, and each one can break: | ||
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| + | - **Link 1 — Land record.** Your name, khasra/ | ||
| + | - **Link 2 — Aadhaar seeding.** Your Aadhaar must be linked to the PM-KISAN record and to an active bank account. If the name in the land record differs even slightly from the name on Aadhaar, the match breaks. | ||
| + | - **Link 3 — NPCI mapping.** Your Aadhaar must be mapped to your bank account in the **NPCI mapper** so that DBT can be routed. If you changed banks and did not re-map, the credit goes nowhere. | ||
| + | - **Link 4 — eKYC.** OTP, biometric or face authentication eKYC is **mandatory**. Until it is done, payment is withheld. If online OTP eKYC fails, a biometric eKYC at a CSC centre is the fallback. | ||
| + | - **Link 5 — PFMS FTO and credit.** Once the beneficiary record is clean, DA&FW raises a PFMS Fund Transfer Order and the money lands in your account. "FTO generated" | ||
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| + | The Government of India also cross-checks the beneficiary list against income-tax, employee and pension databases. If a name pops up there, the installment is temporarily withheld pending physical verification. That is why an eligible farmer can suddenly stop receiving money — and why only an RTI can name the exact link that broke. | ||
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| + | ===== The 2026 update you must know about ===== | ||
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| + | Two things changed the PM-KISAN picture in 2026 that you should reflect in your RTI. | ||
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| + | **First, the 22nd and 23rd installments are now live.** The 22nd installment was released on **13 March 2026** from Guwahati, Assam — over Rs 18,640 crore to more than 9.32 crore farmers. The 23rd installment was released on **20 June 2026** from Tarakeswar, Hooghly in West Bengal — over Rs 18,880 crore to more than 9.44 crore farmers, including about 2.18 crore women. If you missed either, your RTI should quote the exact installment number and release date so the PIO cannot say "no such installment was released" | ||
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| + | **Second, the exclusion database is more aggressive.** The Government cross-matches PM-KISAN beneficiaries against the income-tax, Central and State government employee, and pensioner databases more tightly than before. A farmer who crossed into an exclusion category — for example, a family member who got a regular government job, or who paid income tax in the last assessment year — will see installments stop without any notice. The exclusion list, from Section 4 of the Revised Operational Guidelines (21.06.2019, | ||
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| + | If your installment stopped after a family member joined government service or filed an income-tax return, the cause is almost certainly an exclusion trigger. Your RTI should ask for the specific exclusion ground invoked and the source database — that is the only way to confirm or challenge it. | ||
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| + | ===== Step-by-step: | ||
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| + | You will usually file **one Central RTI** to DA&FW, and optionally **one State RTI** to your District Agriculture Officer or State Nodal Officer if the hold-up is in the land record. Filing both in parallel prevents the Central desk from saying "ask the state" and the state from saying "ask Delhi" | ||
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| + | **Step 1 — Identify the public authority.** | ||
| + | - **Central: | ||
| + | - **State:** Your District Agriculture Officer or the State Nodal Officer (PM-KISAN) for your state. The state-level nodal officers are listed on the pmkisan.gov.in Contacts page. File through your **State RTI portal** or by hand at the district office. | ||
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| + | **Step 2 — Prepare your identifying details.** Have these ready before you write a single question, because the PIO cannot trace your file without them: | ||
| + | - PM-KISAN Beneficiary ID (from the portal "Know Your Status" | ||
| + | - Last four digits of your Aadhaar. Never write the full Aadhaar number. | ||
| + | - Last four digits of your bank account. | ||
| + | - Khasra or survey number and village, from your land record. | ||
| + | - The installments you received last, and the installments you are missing (with release dates). | ||
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| + | **Step 3 — Draft your questions.** Ask for specific, dated records, not vague " | ||
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| + | - "If the installment has been withheld, furnish the specific hold reason and, if an exclusion category has been triggered, the ground and the source database on which the exclusion was based." | ||
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| + | **Step 4 — Pay the fee and file.** For the Central application, | ||
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| + | **Step 5 — Keep proof and wait 30 days.** File by hand and take a stamped receiving copy, or send by registered post and keep the acknowledgement, | ||
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| + | Use the free **AI RTI Draft App** at https:// | ||
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| + | ===== The escalation ladder if you get no answer ===== | ||
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| + | RTI is powerful because it has a built-in ladder. If the CPIO ignores you or gives a vague reply, you do not stop there. | ||
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| + | - **First Appeal — Section 19(1):** If no reply comes within 30 days, or you are unhappy with the reply, file a First Appeal with the **First Appellate Authority (FAA)** in the same department. Do this **within 30 days** of the expiry of the reply period. The FAA must decide within 30 days, extendable to 45. Draft the appeal with the free **First Appeal App** at https:// | ||
| + | - **Second Appeal — Section 19(3):** If the FAA also fails you, file a Second Appeal with the **Central Information Commission** (for DA&FW) or your **State Information Commission** (for the State Nodal Officer), within **90 days** of the FAA order. There is no fee for a second appeal to the Central Information Commission. | ||
| + | - **Complaint under Section 18:** You can also file a direct complaint to the Information Commission if the CPIO never replied at all or refused to accept your application. | ||
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| + | For PM-KISAN, the most common outcome is that the Central CPIO replies with the PFMS-side status and tells you the hold-up is in the state land record, while the State PIO replies with the land-seeding status and tells you the payment file is in Delhi. Filing both applications in parallel — and reading both replies together — gives you the full chain. | ||
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| + | ===== Documents to attach ===== | ||
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| + | - Copy of your PM-KISAN Beneficiary ID printout from the "Know Your Status" | ||
| + | - Copy of your land record (RoR / 7-12 / khasra extract) showing your name as owner. | ||
| + | - A printout of the portal page showing "FTO generated" | ||
| + | - Proof of eKYC completion (a screenshot of the eKYC status page is enough). | ||
| + | - BPL certificate, | ||
| + | - Indian Postal Order for Rs 10 (or the online payment reference number, if filing through rtionline.gov.in). | ||
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| + | ===== Common mistakes to avoid ===== | ||
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| + | - **Writing the full Aadhaar number.** The CPIO does not need it and you should not risk it. Give only the last four digits, plus your Beneficiary ID. The ID is the lookup key on the PM-KISAN portal. | ||
| + | - **Not quoting the Beneficiary ID.** Without it the PIO cannot locate your file. Always put it in the subject line. | ||
| + | - **Filing only at the State Agriculture Department when the land record is fine.** If your land-seeding is complete and eKYC is done, the hold-up is probably on the PFMS side in Delhi — file at DA&FW through rtionline.gov.in. | ||
| + | - **Filing only at DA&FW when the land record is broken.** A mutation, name-spelling change or subdivision that is not yet re-seeded is a state revenue-record problem. The Central CPIO cannot fix it. File at the District Agriculture Officer too. | ||
| + | - **Asking vague questions.** "Why did I not get my PM-KISAN money?" | ||
| + | - **Forgetting the exclusion ground question.** If an exclusion was triggered, the CPIO may not volunteer it. Ask explicitly: "If an exclusion category has been invoked, furnish the ground and the source database." | ||
| + | - **Skipping the FTO reference.** The PFMS Fund Transfer Order number is the ultimate proof of disbursement. Without it you cannot tell whether the money left Delhi or got stuck at the bank end. | ||
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| + | ===== Real-life example ===== | ||
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| + | **Sunita Devi, Barmer district, Rajasthan.** | ||
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| + | Sunita owns roughly 1.5 bigha of cultivable land in her own name, khasra number 217, village Khara. She received the 21st installment (December 2025 cycle, credited January 2026) normally. The 22nd installment released on 13 March 2026 and the 23rd installment released on 20 June 2026 — **Rs 4,000 in total** — never reached her account. | ||
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| + | The portal showed "FTO generated" | ||
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| + | Around Day 18 the reply revealed that a mutation entry after her grandfather' | ||
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| + | ===== Sample RTI letter ===== | ||
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| + | The Central Public Information Officer, | ||
| + | Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, | ||
| + | Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110001 | ||
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| + | Subject: Information under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005, | ||
| + | regarding my PM-KISAN installment. | ||
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| + | Sir/Madam, | ||
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| + | I, [Full Name], resident of [Village, Block, District, State], | ||
| + | Indian citizen, submit this application under Section 6(1) of the | ||
| + | Right to Information Act, 2005. My particulars are: | ||
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| + | PM-KISAN Beneficiary ID: [ID] | ||
| + | Aadhaar (last four digits only): XXXX | ||
| + | Bank account (last four digits): XXXX | ||
| + | Khasra / survey number: [number], Village: [name], District: [name] | ||
| + | Installments last received: 21st installment (December 2025 cycle) | ||
| + | Installments pending: 22nd (released 13 March 2026) and 23rd | ||
| + | (released 20 June 2026), Rs 2,000 each, total Rs 4,000 | ||
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| + | Please furnish the following information: | ||
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| + | 1. Current beneficiary-record status for my Beneficiary ID, | ||
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| + | 2. Land-seeding status — matched khasra/ | ||
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| + | is pending re-seeding in the revenue record. | ||
| + | 3. Aadhaar-seeding and NPCI mapper status for my account, with | ||
| + | the date last verified and the bank to which Aadhaar is | ||
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| + | 4. eKYC completion status — method (OTP/ | ||
| + | last done, and whether re-KYC is due. | ||
| + | 5. PFMS Fund Transfer Order reference number and date for the | ||
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| + | 6. PFMS Fund Transfer Order reference number and date for the | ||
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| + | 7. The specific reason the above installments have been withheld. | ||
| + | 8. If an exclusion category under Section 4 of the PM-KISAN | ||
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| + | 9. Estimated date of release of the pending installments. | ||
| + | 10. Name, designation and direct contact of the District Nodal | ||
| + | Officer (PM-KISAN) and the First Appellate Authority for my | ||
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| + | I state that the information sought is not exempt under any of | ||
| + | the provisions of Section 8 or 9 of the RTI Act, 2005. I prefer | ||
| + | to receive the information by email at [email address] and by | ||
| + | post at the address above. | ||
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| + | I have enclosed Indian Postal Order No. ________ for Rs 10 | ||
| + | towards the application fee. I declare that I am an Indian | ||
| + | citizen and the information sought concerns my own entitlement | ||
| + | under a Government of India scheme. | ||
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| + | Yours faithfully, | ||
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| + | [Signature] | ||
| + | [Name] | ||
| + | [Date, Place] | ||
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| + | If the CPIO's reply is vague or does not arrive within 30 days, file a First Appeal under **Section 19(1)** to the First Appellate Authority named in the reply (or in the CPIO's contact page), within 30 days of the deadline. Cite the registration number of your original application. If the FAA also fails, go to the Central Information Commission under **Section 19(3)** within 90 days. The **PIO Reply Checker** at https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Frequently asked questions ===== | ||
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| + | ==== How many PM-KISAN installments are released in a year? ==== | ||
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| + | Three, of Rs 2,000 each, totalling Rs 6,000 per farmer family per year. The cycles are April-July, August-November and December-March. The installment is released on a single date nationally — for example, the 23rd installment was released on 20 June 2026 — and then credited to individual accounts over the following days as the PFMS FTOs are processed. | ||
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| + | ==== Is land seeding a one-time process? ==== | ||
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| + | Initial seeding is done once when you are enrolled. But any change in the revenue record — a mutation after a death, a subdivision, | ||
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| + | ==== Who is excluded from PM-KISAN? ==== | ||
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| + | Institutional landholders; | ||
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| + | ==== Can a tenant farmer or sharecropper get PM-KISAN? ==== | ||
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| + | No. Ownership of cultivable land in your own name in the state or UT land records is mandatory. Tenant farmers, sharecroppers and agricultural labourers whose names do not appear in the Record of Rights are not eligible, even if they actually cultivate the land. | ||
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| + | ==== Can NRIs receive PM-KISAN? ==== | ||
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| + | No. Only Indian citizens residing in India are eligible. An NRI who owns agricultural land in India cannot claim PM-KISAN. | ||
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| + | ==== Where do I file the RTI — Centre or State? ==== | ||
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| + | If the hold-up is on the payment or PFMS side, file with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare through rtionline.gov.in (Central). If the hold-up is in the land record or eKYC at the state end, file with your District Agriculture Officer or State Nodal Officer through your State RTI portal. When you are not sure, file both in parallel. | ||
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| + | ==== What is the fee and how do I pay it? ==== | ||
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| + | For the Central application, | ||
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| + | ==== What does "FTO generated" | ||
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| + | It means the Public Financial Management System has raised a Fund Transfer Order against your name. It does **not** mean the money has reached your bank. The credit can still fail if your Aadhaar-NPCI mapping is broken or your bank account is inactive. Ask for the FTO reference number in your RTI — that is the record that proves the order was raised. | ||
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| + | ==== How long does the CPIO have to reply? ==== | ||
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| + | 30 days from receipt of your application, | ||
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| + | ==== Is there a real RTI precedent on PM-KISAN? ==== | ||
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| + | Yes. Registration No. DOA& | ||
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| + | ===== Sources ===== | ||
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| + | - PM-KISAN official portal: [pmkisan.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - PM-KISAN Revised Operational Guidelines, 21.06.2019: [pmkisan.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - PM-KISAN FAQ: [pmkisan.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - PM-KISAN Contacts and Nodal Officers: [pmkisan.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - NIC — PM-KISAN project page: [nic.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - PIB — 22nd installment release, 13 March 2026 (Guwahati): [pib.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - ET Now — 23rd installment release, 20 June 2026 (Tarakeswar, | ||
| + | - Free Press Journal — cumulative disbursal crosses Rs 4.46 lakh crore: [freepressjournal.in](https:// | ||
| + | - Economic Times — Union Budget 2026-27 PM-KISAN allocation Rs 60,000 crore: [economictimes.indiatimes.com](https:// | ||
| + | - Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: [agriwelfare.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - Central RTI online portal: [rtionline.gov.in](https:// | ||
| + | - CPGRAMS public grievance portal: [pgportal.gov.in](https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Related on RTI Wiki ===== | ||
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| + | - [[rti-for-money-and-schemes|Pillar 4 — RTI for Money and Schemes]] | ||
| + | - [[rti-for-government-scheme-delay|RTI for government scheme delay — generic guide]] | ||
| + | - [[rti-for-pmay-installment|RTI for PMAY installment not received]] | ||
| + | - [[rti-for-pmay-status|RTI for PMAY application status]] | ||
| + | - [[rti-for-land-records|RTI for land records]] | ||
| + | - [[rti-for-beginners|RTI for beginners]] | ||
| + | - [[pmay-rural-instalment-stuck-geotag-inspection|PMAY rural installment stuck — practical guide]] | ||
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| + | //Last reviewed: 4 July 2026.// | ||
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