To attract the farmers to vote for BJP and to counter the promise of debt waiver to farmers by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Central BJP Government announced   Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PMKSNY) recently. Under this scheme, all the eligible farmers, having land holding up to 2 hectares, will be given a benefit of Rs. 6,000 in a year which will be payable in three installments of Rs. 2,000 each. According to the plan, the first installment will be payable by considering December 1, 2018 as base.  The record of the land of the farmers of small and marginal sections having up to two hectares of land will be prepared on the basis of February 1, 2019. After this date, if any change in land records is made, then the farmer will not get the benefit of this scheme for the next five years. The benefits of this scheme will be given only to those farmers who are cultivating crop on their own land. If any farmer’s land is found in different villages or revenue records, then it would be considered to extend the benefit of the scheme by doing pooling. JAG MOHAN THAKEN FROM CHANDIGARH Government of India has created a PM Kisan Portal for this scheme in which the district wise data of the eligible farmers would be uploaded as per guidelines and in a time bound manner.  After receiving the application of eligible farmers on the portal, the amount will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of beneficiaries after verification.  Government of India has made a provision of Rs. 75,000 crores for this scheme, under which about 12 crore farmers of the country will be covered. Now we are to see who the farmer is? While circulating Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 to the Chairman/Managing Directors of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including Local Area Banks) during the congress party regime, RBI through its letter No. RBI / 2007-2008/ 330- RPCD.No. PLFS.BC.72 /05.04.02/2007-08 dated   May 23, 2008 under Central Government’s Union Budget – 2008-09 – Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008,…