The Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the financial benefit amounting to more than ₹21,000 crore to more than 10.12 crore farming families under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on 31st May 2022 during the Garib Kalyan Sammelan in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Hon’ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jairam Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Hon’ble Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India along with various other State Minister were present in the event. The Chief Ministers from several states and farmers connected to the events through the NIC video conferencing service. During the event, the Hon’ble Prime Minister interacted with the beneficiaries from the various States and UTs of Tripura, Karnataka, Gujarat, Ladakh, and Himachal Pradesh to know the impact of central welfare schemes on their life. The PM Kisan Samman Nidhi portal is designed and developed by the NIC and was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 24th Feb 2019. It provides an end-to-end technology solution for transferring benefits directly into the accounts of farmers registered under the PM-KISAN Scheme. During Quadrimester April-July 2022, the majority of beneficiaries (about 8.75 crore) have received payments using Aadhaar based payment mode. Several new features have been incorporated in the PM-KISAN portal over the period like a refund mechanism through NTRP integration, online OTP-based as well as biometric-based KYC facility along with integration with external systems like Income Tax, and Pensioners database for identifying ineligible beneficiaries. The system has also been integrated with the state’s land records system. Furthermore, the integration with the One Nation One Ration Card database is in progress. Besides, several other facilities have also been added with enhanced features like Know the Beneficiaries Status, Income Tax payee identification, CSC integration, Online Self Registration and linkage with UIDAI, PFMS Ack-Nack features for account validation and payment files reconciliation, Bulk processing of unique Farmers list and then the distribution of list installments wise for RFT signing and FTOs creation, Random selection of physical verification, Multi-factor authentication for secure login, etc.