More than 76 lakh farming families in Rajasthan have received a direct cash transfer that bypasses every middleman — and the cumulative figure now stands at a striking Rs 13,734 crore. The Chief Minister's Office of Rajasthan announced on Sunday, August 2, 2026, that the state has disbursed Rs 13,734 crore in PM-KISAN Samman Nidhi to 76.18 lakh farmers across the state, tagging Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma in the post under the hashtag #आपणो_अग्रणी_राजस्थान ('Our Leading Rajasthan').

What PM-KISAN means for a Rajasthan farmer

Launched by the Union government in February 2019, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme provides Rs 6,000 per year to eligible landholding farmer families, paid in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 directly into verified bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) model. For a smallholder in an arid district of Rajasthan, that transfer can cover seed costs for a season — no queue, no leakage.

Rajasthan is one of India's largest agrarian states by area, with a farm economy that spans everything from wheat and mustard in the east to livestock-dependent livelihoods in the Thar desert belt. High beneficiary numbers here are structurally expected, but the cumulative disbursal figure signals sustained administrative machinery keeping pace with verification and enrolment.

Bhajanlal Sharma's BJP government and the implementation record

Bhajanlal Sharma took office as Chief Minister in December 2023, leading the BJP's return to power in Rajasthan. Publicising PM-KISAN disbursement milestones has become a consistent communications strategy for state governments — it frames a centrally funded scheme as a visible governance win at the state level. The DBT architecture means the state's role is largely in beneficiary verification, list maintenance, and last-mile outreach, all of which directly affect how many farmers actually receive the money.

The CMO's post is a progress marker, not an instalment announcement — it captures the cumulative total delivered to 76.18 lakh beneficiaries since the scheme's rollout in Rajasthan.

What the next instalment cycle will reveal

The sharper test will come with the next instalment cycle: whether the beneficiary count grows, whether pending verifications clear, and whether any newly enrolled farmers enter the rolls. Rajasthan's ability to expand coverage — particularly among tenant farmers and women landholders who have historically faced documentation hurdles — will define whether this number keeps climbing.

For now, Rs 13,734 crore transferred to 76.18 lakh farm households is the headline. The question the next cycle will answer is how many more Rajasthan has brought in from the margins.