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Aadhaar Link Is Mandatory For PM- Kisan Income Support Scheme PM Kisan income support scheme was introduced last year. As per the scheme government is supposed to provide the income support to the farmers. The farmer families in the country gets the support income of Rs 6000 per year. This support is given to the farmers in installments of Rs 2000 every four months. This income is applicable only for the farmers whose aadhaar card is linked to their respective bank accounts. The new rule of aadhaar link for this scheme is applicable from fourth installment which is due in March 2020. After the activation of the scheme, this is the coming up installment is the fourth one. Up to three installments government provided the farmer income without any aadhaar linking. Now, it is a strong demand to link aadhaar to the bank accounts. Currently, the department authenticated the 50 million accounts which are eligible for the farmers income with aadhaar authentication. The release of funds is expected to be around 10,000 crore on day when economic growth falls down. For the last two installments of December 2018 and March 2019, government disbursed money to 10 million farmers.