Bhubaneswar: In a bid to enable all eligible farmers to get assistance, the Odisha government has extended the deadline for e-KYC registration by the beneficiaries of CM KISAN Yojana in the state by six months.

A notification in this regard has been issued by the Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment (A&FE) Department of the state government.

The extension period for the mandatory e-KYC registration by the beneficiaries of CM KISAN Yojana would be effective from September 8, the Department said.

“The government has been pleased for extension of six months’ time period (with effect from September 8) to all CM KISAN beneficiaries for fulfilling the mandatory requirements (like e-KYC, Land seeding and NPCI seeding etc) in line with the PM KISAN scheme norms,” the official notification said.

The state government had earlier advised the beneficiaries of CM KISAN Yojana to complete their e-KYC registration before September 9.

Officials said the state government’s CM KISAN portal provides one-stop registration services for all category of farmers for both PM KISAN and CM KISAN Yojana.

After the completion of e-KYC and other requirements, the state government will share the list of eligible farmers under CM KISAN to the PM KISAN for disbursement of assistance by the Centre.

It may be noted that 34.98 lakh farmers in Odisha received financial assistance under PM KISAN while around 51 lakh registered farmers got the benefits under CM KISAN.