New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- A year since its launch, the Modi Government's ambitious cash-for-farmers programme 'PM KISAN' (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) has reached a saturation level due to some States' reluctance to adopt the Central scheme and implementation hurdles like linking with Aadhaar persisting.
There could be 2.13 crore more potential beneficiaries who are left out from the scheme as States like West Bengal and Bihar have not adopted the scheme.
With the enrolment of 9.74 crore potential beneficiaries, the new registration has reached a saturation level, sources said and pointed out that the scheme intended to cover 14 crore farmers.
As per the Agriculture Ministry's data, of the 68 lakh farmers from the West Bengal, about 10...