As of 20 August 2026, the Government of India has not announced a date for the 24th PM-KISAN instalment. The last paid tranche — the 23rd — went out on 20 June 2026: ₹2,000 by Direct Benefit Transfer into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts. The next ₹2,000 belongs to the August–November cycle. Only a notice on pmkisan.gov.in or a Press Information Bureau release counts. WhatsApp forwards that name an October day are not an official date.
This page is the how-to: how to check whether you were paid, how to finish mandatory eKYC, who is eligible, and what the usual error messages mean. We opened the official portal, the revised operational guidelines PDF, and DD News’ 23rd-instalment report on 20 August 2026. If a later PIB note disagrees with a line here, the note wins.
Key facts (as of 20 August 2026)
Scheme: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) — Central Sector, 100% funded by Government of India
Amount: ₹6,000 a year in three instalments of ₹2,000, by DBT
Family: husband, wife and minor children who own cultivable land
23rd instalment: 20 June 2026, from Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal — more than ₹18,880 crore to over 9.44 crore farmers (DD News, citing the ministry)
24th instalment: not announced
eKYC: mandatory for registered farmers
Portal: pmkisan.gov.in — Farmer Corner → Know Your Status, Beneficiary List, eKYC. Kisan eMitra chatbot is on the same site.
When is the PM-KISAN 24th instalment in 2026?
There is no official date. PM-KISAN pays in three four-month windows: April–July, August–November, and December–March. The 23rd instalment covered April–July 2026–27 and went out on 20 June. The 24th, if the cycle holds, belongs to August–November 2026. News sites often write “October.” That is a pattern, not a gazette. Until PIB or the portal names a day, treat every viral calendar as a rumour — and finish eKYC so you are actually on the next list.
How to check PM-KISAN status online
Use only https://pmkisan.gov.in. Lookalike “pm-kisan-status” or “kisan-yojana-list” domains, and anyone who asks you to share an OTP for a “list check,” are not the government.
Open Farmer Corner on the official site.
Choose Know Your Status. Enter the Aadhaar number, account number or registration number the portal asks for. Complete the OTP sent to the Aadhaar-linked mobile.
Read the instalment table: amount, date, bank, and any error remark. “Payment successful” with a credit date means the ₹2,000 reached the account. “Payment initiated” without a credit date often means the batch is still moving — wait 24–48 hours.
To see whether your name is on the village list, open Beneficiary List, pick State → District → Sub-district → Block → Village, and generate the report. If you farm but you are not on that list, status-check will not conjure a payment. Registration goes through the state agriculture / revenue office, not a private “agent.”
The PM-KISAN mobile app and the Kisan eMitra chatbot show the same record. Do not download a third-party “PM Kisan” APK.
Keep a screenshot of the status page. The portal also flags suspected exclusion cases — land acquired after 1 February 2019, or more than one member of the same family drawing the benefit. Those payments are withheld until physical verification. A viral “your money is coming tomorrow” message does not override the status screen.
How to complete PM-KISAN eKYC
The portal’s banner is blunt: eKYC is mandatory for registered farmers. Without it, the next instalment is held even if you were paid last time. There are two official routes.
OTP eKYC on the portal. Open Farmer Corner → eKYC. Enter the Aadhaar number. The OTP goes to the mobile number linked to Aadhaar, not to a different SIM you use for WhatsApp. Submit the OTP. Status usually flips to “eKYC done” within a few days. If no OTP arrives, the Aadhaar–mobile link is the problem, not the PM-KISAN site. Update the mobile at a UIDAI enrolment centre, then retry.
Biometric eKYC at a Common Service Centre. Use this if the Aadhaar mobile is dead, shared, or never linked. Carry Aadhaar, the DBT passbook, and the phone. The operator captures fingerprint or iris. Pay only the CSC’s notified fee — anyone who demands a cut of the ₹2,000 is not doing eKYC. If fingerprints no longer match, update them at a UIDAI centre before trying another CSC.
Who is eligible — and who is excluded
Under the revised operational guidelines, PM-KISAN is income support for landholding farmer families with cultivable land, paid into the beneficiary’s bank account, subject to exclusions. A “farmer’s family” is husband, wife and minor children who own that land as per state records. The benefit is ₹6,000 per eligible family per year — not per adult and not per acre. Two brothers recorded as separate families on the same holding can each qualify if they otherwise meet the rules; a husband and wife cannot both draw it as two families.
The scheme is not limited to two hectares. Older 2-hectare language still circulates on aggregator sites. The live portal covers landholding farmer families, minus the exclusion list. Names must be on the land record (North-Eastern states and Jharkhand have approved alternate identification where community tenure applies).
You are not eligible if you fall in the higher-economic-status exclusions printed on the portal and in the guidelines:
Institutional landholders (companies, trusts, temples as institutions, and similar)
Former or present holders of constitutional posts
Former or present ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, mayors, and district panchayat chairpersons
Serving or retired officers and employees of central or state government, PSEs, autonomous bodies and regular local-body staff — except Multi-Tasking Staff / Class IV / Group D
Retired pensioners whose monthly pension is ₹10,000 or more (same MTS / Group D exception)
Anyone who paid income tax in the last assessment year
Doctors, engineers, lawyers, chartered accountants and architects who are registered with a professional body and actually practise
New beneficiaries who are Non-Resident Indians under the Income-tax Act
That income-tax exclusion is why a farmer who also files a business return should read the ITR last date 2026 explainer before assuming the next kist will arrive. Paying tax last year is a bar, not a paperwork delay. False self-declaration can mean recovery of money already transferred.
Land bought, gifted or partitioned after 1 February 2019 does not make the buyer a new PM-KISAN beneficiary. Succession on death is the main exception: the surviving eligible family can continue if the record is mutated and they still meet the tests. That is a tehsil job, not a call-centre “update.”
Why the ₹2,000 did not arrive
Open Know Your Status and read the remark. The usual ones:
eKYC not done — complete OTP or biometric eKYC. Nothing else will release the hold.
Aadhaar not seeded / NPCI mapping failed — the bank has not mapped Aadhaar for DBT. Take Aadhaar and the passbook to that branch and give consent for NPCI seeding. A different account from the one on the portal will not receive the credit.
Name mismatch / Aadhaar failure — spelling on Aadhaar, land record and bank passbook must be the same person. Use the portal’s Aadhaar-failure correction if it is offered; otherwise the agriculture office. Do not create a second registration to “fix” a spelling.
Account closed / invalid IFSC — update the account through the state nodal process. Do not assume the next instalment will find a new UPI ID.
Temporarily withheld — physical verification — suspected exclusion or duplicate family. Wait for the verification team; shouting at the CSC will not unfreeze it.
A June credit does not lock the next tranche. Check status again in the weeks before PIB names a date, not on the morning of the transfer.
What to do next
Today: Know Your Status on pmkisan.gov.in. Screenshot the page.
If eKYC is pending: OTP on the portal, or biometrics at a CSC. Carry Aadhaar and the passbook.
If the bank remark is a seeding or name error: that branch, this week. Ask them to confirm NPCI mapping, not merely “Aadhaar is linked.”
If you farm and you are missing from the beneficiary list: the village agriculture / revenue office with land papers. New Farmer Registration on the portal starts the file; the state still has to accept it.
Ignore paid “list” PDFs and anyone who wants an OTP to “release” the kist. Grievances go through the portal Help section and the state / district committees — preferably within two weeks.
Related on this desk: the ITR last date 2026 explainer if the income-tax exclusion might apply, RRB JE 2026 (apply until 13 September), and UPSC CSE Mains 2026. More under Jobs & Exams. This page starts the Schemes cluster. When PIB names the 24th instalment day, we will update this URL rather than publish a second title.
FAQ
Has the government announced the PM-KISAN 24th instalment date?
No. As of 20 August 2026 there is no PIB date and no new date on pmkisan.gov.in. The 23rd instalment was 20 June 2026. The 24th belongs to the August–November window. October is a media guess.
How do I check whether I received the last ₹2,000?
Farmer Corner → Know Your Status on pmkisan.gov.in, using Aadhaar, account number or registration number. Match the credit date with your passbook. The public Beneficiary List only shows whether your name is in the village file.
Is eKYC compulsory even if I was paid in June?
Yes. The portal states eKYC is mandatory for registered farmers. A past credit does not waive it for the next tranche.
Can I do eKYC without the Aadhaar-linked mobile?
Not by OTP. Go to a CSC for biometric eKYC, or update the Aadhaar mobile at a UIDAI centre and then use OTP.
I paid income tax last year. Can I still get PM-KISAN?
No. Paying income tax in the last assessment year is an exclusion on the official list, along with practising professionals and most government pensioners above ₹10,000 a month.
Is PM-KISAN only for farmers with less than two hectares?
No. That was the early design. The revised guidelines and the live portal cover landholding farmer families with cultivable land, subject to the exclusion list, not a two-hectare cap.
Sources
PM-KISAN portal, pmkisan.gov.in — 23rd instalment banner (20 June 2026, Tarakeswar), eKYC mandate, Know Your Status, exclusion list, suspected-case hold.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Revised Operational Guidelines (English), as on 29 March 2020 — family definition, exclusions, land-record rules, grievance committees.
DD News, 23rd instalment: ₹18,880 crore to 9.44 crore farmers on 20 June 2026.
Press Information Bureau, 22nd instalment note, March 2026.
Last checked: 20 August 2026. If PIB later names a 24th-instalment date, that date wins — we will update this page.