Context:-
Recently, Face authentication feature is enabled in PM-Kisan mobile app expansion.
- It is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.
- Launch Year – 2018.
- Ministry – Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare.
- Features – Under this scheme an income support of 6,000/- per year in 3 equal installments will be provided to all land holding farmer families (subject to exclusion criteria).
- Under the PM Kisan scheme, the farmer can also get a loan facility in the form of short-term loans by using Kisan Credit Card (KCC).
- Definition of family for the scheme is husband, wife and minor children.
- Identification of Beneficiaries – State Government and UT administration will identify the farmer families which are eligible for support as per scheme guidelines.
- The system will directly transfer the fund to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
- It has roped in India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) to open Aadhaar linked bank accounts for beneficiaries at their doorstep and asked Common Services Centres to organize village-level e-KYC camps with the help of States/UTs.
PM-KISAN Mobile App
- The National Informatics Centre developed and designed it in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- The farmers can view the status of their application, update or carry out corrections of their Aadhaar cards and also check the history of credits to their bank accounts.
- The face authentication feature will enable beneficiary farmers to complete their e-KYC process by scanning their face on mobile phones, eliminating the need for one-time passwords or fingerprints.
- It is the first government scheme to have this feature.
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