Through an app, remote farmers can do e-KYC by scanning their faces without OTP or fingerprint
The PM-Kisan Mobile App with Face Authentication Feature was launched by Narendra Singh Tomar Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister under the central government’s ambitious and popular scheme for income support to farmers ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’. The best example of modern technology using the Face Authentication Feature from this app farmers can complete e-KYC remotely, sitting at home easily by scanning faces without OTP or fingerprint and helping 100 other farmers to do e-KYC at their homes. Recognising the need to make e-KYC mandatory, the Government of India has extended the ability of farmers to perform e-KYC to officers of state governments, so that each officer can complete the e-KYC process for 500 farmers.
Thousands of farmers present in Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country, as well as officers of the Central and State Governments and representatives of various government agencies and agricultural organisations were virtually connected to the event held at Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi. On this occasion, Tomar said that Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi is a very comprehensive and ambitious scheme of the Government of India, in the implementation of which the state governments have performed their role very diligently, as a result of which we are in a position to pay the instalment of the scheme about 8.5 crore farmers after KYC. The more refined this platform the more it will be useful for PM-Kisan and whenever any benefit has to be given to the farmers, complete data will be available with the Central and State Governments, so that no problem can arise in data verification.
Tomar stated that PM-Kisan is an innovative scheme whose benefits are being given by the central government to the farmers without any middlemen. It has become possible to give benefits to such a large number of farmers only with the help of technology. No one can question the implementation of this entire scheme which is a very important achievement. The work has become much easier by using technology the GoI developed this App. The Government of India has made all the necessary facilities available to the states, now if the states work more quickly, then we will reach all the beneficiaries and achieve the set target.
