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पी. एम. - किसान योजनेतील अडथळे (Hurdles in PM-Kisan Scheme)
मोदी शासनाने शेतकऱ्यांसाठी रोख रक्कम ही योजना सुरू केली आहे. परंतु संसदेत सादर केलेल्या आकडेवारीनुसार सन 2019-20 या वर्षाच्या लक्ष्यात 140 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांपैकी केवळ अर्धे शेतकरी यांच्यापर्यंत या योजनेचा लाभ पोहोचला आहे. पुढचा हप्ता देय असताना ज्या शेतकऱ्यांनी त्यांचे बँक खाते 12 अंकी आधार क्रमांकाशी जोडलेले नाही ते यापासून वंचित राहणार आहेत.
दर चार महिन्यातून एकदा ₹ 2 हजार असे वर्षाकाठी ₹ 6 हजार रोख स्वरूपात या योजनेत शेतकऱ्यांना देऊन त्यांचा स्तर उंचावला जातो. दि. 24 फेब्रुवारी 2019 रोजी पहिला हप्ता देऊन या योजनेस प्रारंभ झाला.
सध्याच्या विस्तारवेगाने सन 2019-20 साठी अर्थसंकल्पित ₹ 75,000 कोटी शासन खर्च करू शकणार नाही. ऑक्टो. 21, 2019 पर्यंत शासनाने ₹ 32,577 कोटी म्हणजेच 43 टक्के रक्कम खर्च केली आहे.
आधार नोंदणी यामुळे, रोख हस्तांतरण आणि कमी वेगाचे इंटरनेट तसेच ग्रामीण भागातील किचकट भू-दस्त नोंदणी यामुळे या योजनेची गती मंदावली आहे - असे निवेदन कृषी मंत्रालयाने संसदेत दिले आहे.
डिसेंबर ते मार्च, एप्रिल ते जुलै आणि ऑगस्ट ते नोव्हेंबर या कालावधीत या योजनेत रोकड हस्तांतरण होत असते. पहिल्या हप्त्यावेळी डिसेंबर 2018 ते मार्च 2019 दरम्यान जवळपास 70.2 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांना ₹ 14,055 कोटी प्राप्त झाले. दुसऱ्या हप्त्यात एप्रिल 2019 ते जुलै 2019 दरम्यान केवळ 59.2 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांना एकूण ₹ 11,845 कोटी वितरित करण्यात आले. तिसऱ्या हप्त्यात तर 33.3 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांनाच ₹ 6,677 कोटी वितरित करण्यात आले.
या आकडेवारीमागे काही निश्चित कारणे आहेत. जर पहिल्या हप्त्यात 70.2 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांना लाभ झाला तर दुसरा हप्ता केवळ 59.2 दशलक्ष आणि तिसरा हप्ता केवळ 33.3 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांनाच का मिळाला?
कृषी मंत्रालय दुसऱ्या कालावधीत अदा केलेली रक्कम ही पहिलाच हप्ता मानते कारण काहींनी नोंदणी उशिरा केली होती. अर्थात एप्रिल-जुलै, 2019 दरम्यान नोंदणी केलेल्या आणि लाभ मिळालेल्या शेतकऱ्यांनाही प्रथम लाभार्थी मानले जाते. त्यामुळे पहिल्या हप्त्यातील शेतकरी लाभार्थी संख्या फुगलेली दिसते.
मंत्रालयाने संसदीय तज्ज्ञगटापुढे हे निवेदन केले आहे की, एकूण लक्षित 140 दशलक्ष यापैकी 71 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांना रक्कम देण्यात आली आहे. संसदेत सादर अहवालानुसार लाभार्थी संख्या 7,17,42,959 एवढी आहे. म्हणजेच आणखी 69 दशलक्ष शेतकरी मार्चपर्यंत लाभार्थी व्हावे लागतील.
आकडेवारीनुसार या योजनेमध्ये डिसेंबर 2018 ते मार्च 2019 दरम्यान 33.3 दशलक्ष शेतकऱ्यांना लाभ झाला आहे. त्यांना तीन हप्ते मिळाले आहेत. आणखी 25.9 दशलक्ष (एप्रिल-जुलै दरम्यान) व 11 दशलक्ष (ऑगस्ट-नोव्हेंबर दरम्यान) असे जास्तीचे लाभार्थी आढळून येतात.
योजनेच्या आकृतीबंधानुसार ज्या शेतकऱ्यांनी पहिल्या टप्प्यात योजनेत नोंदणी केली आहे, त्यांना प्रारंभीपासून आतापर्यंत तीन हप्ते मिळाले आहेत. तर ज्यांनी दुसऱ्या टप्प्यात नोंदणी केली आहे, त्यांना दोन हप्ते मिळाले असणार, कारण या योजनेतील लाभ पूर्वलक्षी नाहीत.
पी. एम. - किसान योजनेच्या अंमलबजावणीत खालीलपैकी कोणते अडथळे आहेत?
(a) आधारवर आधारित नोंदणी आणि बँक खाती जोडणे.
(b) ग्रामीण भागातील कमी वेगाचे इंटरनेट.
(c) ग्रामीण भागातील किचकट भू-दस्त नोंदणी.
पर्यायी उत्तरे :
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Hurdles in PM-Kisan Scheme The Modi government's cash-for-farmers programme has been able to benefit only half of the 140 million farmers targeted in 2019-20 due to implementation hurdles, according to figures presented in Parliament. The next disbursal, now due, is likely to leave out those who have not been able to link their bank accounts with Aadhaar, the universal 12-digit biometric identity number. Under PM-KISAN, the government provides income support of Rs. 6,000 a year to farmers with a valid enrolment, paid in three equal cash transfers of Rs. 2,000 - one every four months. It was launched on 24 February 2019, when the first instalment was paid. At the current rate of expansion, the government is unlikely to spend the entire Rs. 75,000 crore budgeted for 2019-20. As on October 21, 2019, the government has spent Rs. 32,577 crore, or 43% of this. Aadhaar-based enrolment and cash transfers, slow Internet connections in many rural centres and messy land records have slowed the programme, the farm ministry told a parliamentary panel this month. Cash transfers under the programme take place every four months: December to March, April to July and August to November. In the first instalment period (December 2018 to March 2019), nearly 70.2 million farmers received a total of Rs. 14,055 crore. In the second tranche (April to July 2019), only 59.2 million were paid a total amount of Rs. 11,845 crore. The third instalment saw 33.3 million farmers benefiting, with a payout of Rs. 6,677 crore. There's a reason those numbers look out of place. After all, if 70.2 million farmers received the first instalment, why did only 59.2 receive a second instalment and only 33.3 million a third? The agriculture ministry counts the first tranche paid to a farmer, even if it was paid for the second period due to late enrolment, as the 'first instalment paid'. This means even if a farmer enrolled in the second period (April to July 2019) and got his instalment for this period as his first ever cash transfer, he will be counted among those receiving the first instalment (December 2018 to March 2019). This inflates the total number of farmers, as shown above. In all, of the targeted 140 million farmers, nearly 71 million farmers have so far received the payouts, as the ministry noted before the parliamentary panel. "I would like to make it clear that the total number of farmers who have got the benefit is right now 7,17,42,959", a ministry official said in the report to Parliament. That leaves another 69 million to be targeted by March. Based on these, 33.3 million farmers benefited from the scheme between December 2018 and March 2019 (they have received three instalments), with an additional 25.9 million benefited from it between April and July (they have received two), and an additional 11 between August and November (they have received only one). According to the scheme's design, farmers registered for the scheme in the first stage would have received all three instalments released so far since the start of the scheme. Farmers who registered during the second period would not have received the first instalment but would have received the next two, because the benefits are not retrospective. PM-Kisan Scheme has which of the following implementation hurdles? (a) Aadhaar based enrolment and linking bank accounts.
(b) Slow Internet connections in rural centres.
(c) Messy land records in rural areas. Answer Options :
Hurdles in PM-Kisan Scheme The Modi government's cash-for-farmers programme has been able to benefit only half of the 140 million farmers targeted in 2019-20 due to implementation hurdles, according to figures presented in Parliament. The next disbursal, now due, is likely to leave out those who have not been able to link their bank accounts with Aadhaar, the universal 12-digit biometric identity number. Under PM-KISAN, the government provides income support of Rs. 6,000 a year to farmers with a valid enrolment, paid in three equal cash transfers of Rs. 2,000 - one every four months. It was launched on 24 February 2019, when the first instalment was paid. At the current rate of expansion, the government is unlikely to spend the entire Rs. 75,000 crore budgeted for 2019-20. As on October 21, 2019, the government has spent Rs. 32,577 crore, or 43% of this. Aadhaar-based enrolment and cash transfers, slow Internet connections in many rural centres and messy land records have slowed the programme, the farm ministry told a parliamentary panel this month. Cash transfers under the programme take place every four months: December to March, April to July and August to November. In the first instalment period (December 2018 to March 2019), nearly 70.2 million farmers received a total of Rs. 14,055 crore. In the second tranche (April to July 2019), only 59.2 million were paid a total amount of Rs. 11,845 crore. The third instalment saw 33.3 million farmers benefiting, with a payout of Rs. 6,677 crore. There's a reason those numbers look out of place. After all, if 70.2 million farmers received the first instalment, why did only 59.2 receive a second instalment and only 33.3 million a third? The agriculture ministry counts the first tranche paid to a farmer, even if it was paid for the second period due to late enrolment, as the 'first instalment paid'. This means even if a farmer enrolled in the second period (April to July 2019) and got his instalment for this period as his first ever cash transfer, he will be counted among those receiving the first instalment (December 2018 to March 2019). This inflates the total number of farmers, as shown above. In all, of the targeted 140 million farmers, nearly 71 million farmers have so far received the payouts, as the ministry noted before the parliamentary panel. "I would like to make it clear that the total number of farmers who have got the benefit is right now 7,17,42,959", a ministry official said in the report to Parliament. That leaves another 69 million to be targeted by March. Based on these, 33.3 million farmers benefited from the scheme between December 2018 and March 2019 (they have received three instalments), with an additional 25.9 million benefited from it between April and July (they have received two), and an additional 11 between August and November (they have received only one). According to the scheme's design, farmers registered for the scheme in the first stage would have received all three instalments released so far since the start of the scheme. Farmers who registered during the second period would not have received the first instalment but would have received the next two, because the benefits are not retrospective. PM-Kisan Scheme has which of the following implementation hurdles? (a) Aadhaar based enrolment and linking bank accounts.
(b) Slow Internet connections in rural centres.
(c) Messy land records in rural areas. Answer Options :