PM-KISAN 21st instalment: ₹18,000 crore to 9 crore farmers
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What happened
- The PM released the 21st PM-KISAN instalment from Coimbatore on 19 November 2025: about ₹18,000 crore to nearly 9 crore farmers through DBT [PIB].
- Over ₹3.70 lakh crore has been paid to more than 11 crore farmer families since launch [PIB].
Background
- PM-KISAN was launched on 24 February 2019 and gives ₹6,000 a year in three equal instalments [PIB].
Why it matters
- Tenant farmers and sharecroppers are left out since they hold no land, a common Mains critique.
How to use this in Mains
- As per PIB (2025-11-19): the PM released the 21st PM-KISAN instalment from Coimbatore on 19 November 2025: about ₹18,000 crore to nearly 9 crore farmers through DBT.
- Tenant farmers and sharecroppers are left out since they hold no land, a common Mains critique.
Quotable data pointOver ₹3.70 lakh crore has been paid to more than 11 crore farmer families since launch.
PIB: PIB Backgrounder: 21st instalment of PM-KISAN, 19 Nov 2025
Exam angle
UPSC
Prelims: PM-KISAN.
Practice MCQs
Original practice questions (not PYQs).
Practice · UPSC
21st instalment was released from
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB.
Practice · UPSC
Annual PM-KISAN benefit
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB.
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Total paid since launch
Answer (c) & explanation
PIB.
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Official source: PIB: PIB Backgrounder: 21st instalment of PM-KISAN, 19 Nov 2025
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