The agriculture sector has an important contribution to the country's economy. For this reason, it would not be wrong to say that farmers have played a big role in accelerating the development of the country. However, due to social and economic inequality, even today many farmers in the country are financially very weak.

These farmers have to face many difficulties at the economic level to make a living in life. Keeping this in mind, the Government of India is operating the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, the Government of India is providing financial assistance of Rs 6 thousand every year to the poor farmers of the country. This financial assistance of Rs 6 thousand is released in the form of three installments every year.

Under each installment, an amount of Rs 2 thousand is sent to the farmers' account through DBT. Each installment is released at an interval of four months. So far, the government has released a total of 18 installments of this scheme.

Many farmers across the country are waiting for the 18th installment. According to media reports, the central government can release the 18th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in June or July. However, the government has not yet made any official announcement regarding this.

Many farmers often have questions that what documents are required to apply for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. If you are going to apply to the scheme to take advantage of the scheme, then you must have an Aadhar card, identity card, documents related to agricultural land, bank passbook, mobile number, etc.

If you do not have these documents. In this situation, your application will be canceled. The process of applying to PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana is quite easy. You can easily apply for the scheme by visiting the PM Kisan portal.

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