Patna, Jan. 9 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday alleged that beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme are being deprived of benefits in the name of e-KYCCPI state secretary Ram Naresh Pandey said here that the government is harassing PM-Kisan beneficiaries through e-KYC and farmer registration requirements. He alleged that farmers are being excluded from the scheme because their account and land details have not been updated in online Register-II.

Pandey said Register-II and Jamabandi records have not been fully computerised and still contain several discrepancies.

He pointed out errors in the names of raiyats and their fathers, and said that account and khasra numbers have not been properly e...