RAS question
How many total installments per year does a Rajasthan farmer receive under the combined PM-KISAN and CM-Kisan scheme?
Correct answer: (C) 6 installments.
A Rajasthan farmer receives six instalments a year under the combined PM-KISAN and Mukhyamantri Kisan Samman Nidhi support: three PM-KISAN instalments and three state instalments.
Explanation
The count comes from adding the payment schedules, not just the annual amount. PM-KISAN provides Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments, so the central component accounts for three payments. The Rajasthan top-up under Mukhyamantri Kisan Samman Nidhi adds Rs 3,000 a year, paid as three instalments of Rs 1,000 each. Together, the farmer receives three central instalments plus three state instalments, making six instalments in a year. The PTI report verifies the Rajasthan layer: the state provides an additional Rs 3,000 over the Rs 6,000 given annually under the Central scheme.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Three instalments count only one three-part schedule and leave out the additional three instalments under the Rajasthan component.
- (B) Four instalments do not follow from either the PM-KISAN schedule or the state top-up schedule.
- (D) Twelve instalments would imply a monthly payment pattern, whereas the combined support here is three central instalments plus three state instalments.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy schemes where a state welfare top-up sits over a Central scheme. RAS often asks such items because the exam expects aspirants to separate the annual benefit amount from the number of payment instalments.