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RTI Helps a Farmer to get his pending PM KISAAN Installment.

Dear Citizens, In this article, I would like to put up how RTI can be used  as a tool by the citizens. Success Story :- A farmer named A Narsimha Reddy, from Telanagan worried about his pending 13th installment of Rs. 2,000 of PM KISAN which is supposed to get credited in his account on 27th February,2023. But, a few months ago he closed one of his Bank Accounts and opened a new account, ideally, the amount should get credited to his new account as the same is linked with AEPS - Aadhar Enabled Payment System.  He went from pillar to post, but none of them were aware of what should be done. The State Agriculture Department is clueless citing they don't have the option to update the bank details, as the same is a central-sponsored scheme.  He asked me if I could do anything for him and get back the pending instalment of PM KISAN, this is not the story of a single farmer, I have seen many such farmers who are clueless about what should be done and when they approach the bank or agricu