PM-Kisan Next Instalment: How the Schedule Works

The date of the next PM-Kisan instalment, the 24th, had not been announced as of 18 September 2026. The scheme pays ₹2,000 three times a year, one instalment for each four-month period: April–July, August–November and December–March. The 23rd instalment, for April–July, was released on 20 June 2026, so the 24th is the one for August–November 2026.

Key facts

The three instalment windows

The PM-Kisan operational guidelines say the ₹6,000 is paid in three instalments of ₹2,000, one every four-month period. The windows are fixed. The day of release within or near a window is not.

The windows also decide when a new farmer starts getting paid. If your state uploads your name in a given four-month period, you are entitled to that period’s instalment and the later ones in that financial year, under paragraph 5.4 of the guidelines. A farmer approved in September 2026 would therefore start with the August–November instalment.

On 31 July 2026 the Union Cabinet approved continuing the scheme from 2026-27 to 2030-31, with an outlay of ₹3.15 lakh crore. The instalments will carry on through that period.

How release dates are announced

The government does not publish a calendar in advance. The Prime Minister releases each instalment at a public event, and the agriculture ministry announces the date a few days before. Recent examples:

The gap between releases has ranged from about three to five months. On 18 September 2026 the PM-Kisan home page and its press release page still named the 23rd as the latest instalment, with nothing on the 24th. Treat any date you see online before the official announcement as a guess. Reliable places to watch are pib.gov.in, the PM-Kisan home page and the scheme’s official social media accounts.

Checks to finish before the next instalment

PIB says benefits go only to farmers whose land records are seeded on the portal, whose bank account is linked to Aadhaar, and who have completed e-KYC. Do these now, well before the release:

1. Open pmkisan.gov.in, go to Farmers Corner and click Know Your Status.
2. Enter your registration number and the OTP, and check that land seeding, e-KYC and Aadhaar-bank seeding all show Yes.
3. If e-KYC shows No, complete it by OTP on the portal, by fingerprint at a Common Service Centre, or by face scan on the PM-Kisan app.
4. If Aadhaar-bank seeding shows No, ask your bank to seed Aadhaar and enable the account for DBT.
5. If land seeding shows No, contact your revenue or agriculture office to correct the land record.
6. Use Update Missing Information or Edit/Update Self Registration in Farmers Corner if your details are incomplete.

Our guides on PM-Kisan e-KYC and reading your beneficiary status explain each field and fix.

Instalment not received: what to do

Check whether the release reached other farmers first. If it did and you got nothing, work through these steps:

1. Open Know Your Status and read the payment details for the latest instalment, including the UTR number and credit date.
2. If the status shows a credit, ask your bank to trace it with the UTR number. The money goes to the account seeded with your Aadhaar, which may not be your usual account.
3. If it shows a reason for stopped payment, fix that reason first.
4. Raise a query through Helpdesk – Query Form in Farmers Corner, or ask the Kisan eMitra chatbot.
5. Contact your block or district agriculture officer if the problem is with state verification.

The ministry has told Parliament that failed payments are reprocessed and that, once a record is corrected, the benefit is paid with the next release. The PIB note on the 23rd instalment explains the flow: the state verifies your details, PFMS checks the account, and the money moves through sponsor banks and NPCI.

Past instalments and how to verify credits

Know Your Status lists every instalment paid to you, with the bank, mode and credit date. Match these against your passbook or bank SMS. The latest releases were:

• 22nd: over ₹18,640 crore to more than 9.32 crore farmers.
• 23rd: about ₹18,880 crore to 9.44 crore farmers on release day. The Cabinet note of 31 July 2026 later put it at over ₹18,984 crore to more than 9.49 crore farmers.

If you received money you were not entitled to, for example because you paid income tax, Farmers Corner has an Online Refund option. PM-Kisan is income support, separate from crop loans; see our page on agriculture loans and the Kisan Credit Card for credit options.

Frequently asked questions

When will the PM-Kisan 24th instalment come?

No date had been announced as of 18 September 2026. It is the instalment for August–November 2026, and the date will be announced by the agriculture ministry a few days before release.

PM Kisan ki agli kist kab aayegi?

Agli yaani 24th kist ki tareekh abhi tay nahin hui hai. Sarkar release se kuch din pehle PIB aur pmkisan.gov.in par tareekh batati hai.

When was the 23rd instalment released?

On 20 June 2026, from Tarakeswar in Hooghly, West Bengal.

When was the 22nd instalment released?

On 13 March 2026, from Guwahati, Assam.

Will I get the next instalment if my e-KYC is pending?

Payment needs completed e-KYC, seeded land records and an Aadhaar-seeded bank account. Finish any pending item before the release.

I registered recently. When will I get my first instalment?

Once your state approves and uploads your record, you get the instalment for that four-month period and later ones in the financial year.

Is the PM-Kisan scheme continuing after 2025-26?

Yes. The Cabinet approved its continuation from 2026-27 to 2030-31 on 31 July 2026.

Sources

• PM-Kisan operational guidelines — Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi home page — Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (checked 18 Sep 2026)
• Press releases — PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi (checked 18 Sep 2026)
• Cabinet approves continuation of PM-KISAN from 2026-27 to 2030-31 — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• Prime Minister to release the 23rd instalment on 20 June 2026 — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• 22nd instalment to be released on 13 March — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• 21st instalment released in Coimbatore — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• 20th instalment of PM-KISAN — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• PM-KISAN completes 19 instalments — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)
• PM-KISAN payment failures, Lok Sabha reply — PIB (checked 16 Sep 2026)