Over 35 lakh farmers across Odisha are set to receive a combined ₹708 crore directly in their bank accounts — tomorrow, in a single click. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Thursday, 30 October 2026, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will disburse the 24th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme to more than 35.39 lakh Odisha beneficiaries via Direct Benefit Transfer.

What the 24th PM-KISAN instalment means for Odisha

In a post shared in both Odia and English, CM Majhi described PM-KISAN as a scheme that provides financial resources to make farmers 'swabalmabi o sashakta' — self-reliant and empowered. The ~₹708 crore figure, if disbursed as announced, would mark one of the larger single-state PM-KISAN payouts and underscores Odisha's vast smallholder farming base spread across its 30 districts.

PM-KISAN, or Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, was launched in February 2019 as a central sector scheme delivering ₹6,000 per year — in three equal instalments of ₹2,000 — directly into the accounts of eligible landholding farmers. The DBT mechanism was designed specifically to cut out middlemen and ensure the money reaches beneficiaries without leakage.

Odisha's farming base and the DBT pipeline

Odisha's agriculture is dominated by small and marginal farmers — those holding under two hectares — who are most vulnerable to income shocks from erratic monsoons and price volatility. PM-KISAN's assured cash transfer, modest as each instalment is, provides a predictable floor of support ahead of input-purchase seasons.

CM Majhi's announcement follows a pattern seen across BJP-governed states: state leadership publicly flagging central disbursement dates to reinforce the narrative of farmer-welfare delivery. The framing positions both the Centre and the state government as aligned partners on agrarian policy — a politically salient message in a predominantly rural state like Odisha.

A scheme now in its seventh year — and still expanding its reach

Since its 2019 launch, PM-KISAN has rolled out instalments at roughly four-month intervals, making it one of the most sustained direct-cash programmes in Indian agricultural policy. By the 24th instalment, the scheme has moved well past its initial rollout challenges — beneficiary de-duplication, e-KYC compliance, and land-record linkages — to become a routine part of the rural income calendar.

What started as an election-year promise has, seven years on, embedded itself as institutional infrastructure for farm-income support. Tomorrow's disbursal in Odisha is one node in a nationwide transfer that will reach crores of farmers simultaneously — quiet, direct, and, for many households, indispensable.