Money Under PM-KISAN Scheme Going In 'Wrong Hands', RTI Data Reveals The government disbursed Rs 1,364 Cr to over 20 lakh undeserving beneficiaries under the ambitious scheme, data shows PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-10T13:21:39+05:30 Money Under PM-KISAN Scheme Going In 'Wrong Hands', RTI Data Reveals outlookindia.com 2021-01-10T13:37:58+05:30 Also read Under its flagship PM-KISAN scheme, the government paid Rs. 1,364 crores to 20.48 lakh to undeserving entities, a reply to a Right to Information query revealed. RTI applicant Venkatesh Nayak of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) received the data from the Union Agriculture Ministry. The data identified two categories of undeserving beneficiaries who received the government payouts as "ineligible farmers" and "income tax payee farmers”.