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Krishak Bandhu Status Check — Track Your Payment Online (2026)

Fact-Checked 2026 Fact-checked against official state notifications (krishakbandhu.wb.gov.in) • Editorial Review: August 2026

Why Check Your Krishak Bandhu Status

If you've been registering for Krishak Bandhu, your annual support is paid in two instalments through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), one for the Kharif season (monsoon crop) and one for the Rabi season (winter crop), straight into your Aadhaar-linked bank account. Doing a krishak bandhu status check online lets you confirm three things without visiting an office: whether your original registration was approved, whether your most recent instalment was actually processed, and the exact date and transaction reference for that payment. For farmers managing tight cash flow around sowing season, knowing exactly when a payment is due, or catching a missed one early, matters.

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Under the revised Krishak Bandhu (Natun) rules, eligible farmers with 1 acre or more of cultivable land receive ₹10,000 per year (split into two instalments of ₹5,000 each), while farmers with less than 1 acre receive pro-rata assistance with a minimum payout of ₹4,000 per year (₹2,000 per instalment). In addition, registered farmers between 18 and 60 years of age are covered by a ₹2,00,000 death benefit.

This page walks through both ways to check your status: by Voter ID (the most reliable, always-available method) and by registered mobile number (available on some portal versions via OTP).

Regularly checking your application status ensures that any technical hold-ups, such as bank account validation failures or Aadhaar seeding mismatches, are identified early before the Treasury releases the seasonal disbursement batch.

What You'll Need Before You Start

  • Your Voter ID number, exactly as it appears on your card, this is the primary lookup key used by the portal.
  • Alternatively, your registration/application number, found on the acknowledgment receipt you received when applying online or offline.
  • Your registered mobile number, if you plan to use OTP-based lookup.
  • A stable internet connection, the status page can be slow to load during peak hours (evenings, when many farmers check at once), so try during the day if possible.

Keep your bank passbook handy as well, so you can cross-check your account number and IFSC details if your online status result indicates a bank validation flag.

Step-by-Step: Checking Status by Voter ID

  1. Open a browser and go to the official portal: krishakbandhu.wb.gov.in.
  2. On the homepage, look for a "Check Status", "Track Application", or "Search Beneficiary" option, portal layouts are occasionally updated, so the exact wording may shift slightly.
  3. Select Voter ID as your search method.
  4. Enter your Voter ID number carefully, a single incorrect digit will return "no record found" even if you're genuinely registered.
  5. Complete the security captcha if prompted, and click Submit.
  6. If your ID matches a registered record, the portal displays your registration status along with recent instalment history: payment dates, transaction IDs, amounts, and which season (Kharif/Rabi) each one covers.
  7. Take a screenshot or note down what you see, this is useful evidence if you need to visit an office later for a discrepancy.

The system queries the central Agriculture Department database in real time. If the server is undergoing routine maintenance during late evening hours, wait a short while and retry during standard office operating times.

Step-by-Step: Checking Status by Mobile Number

On portal versions that support mobile number search:

  1. Select the mobile number / OTP lookup option instead of Voter ID on the search portal screen.
  2. Enter the mobile number you originally registered with the scheme, not just any mobile number you currently own.
  3. Request a One-Time Password (OTP) and enter it within the time window shown (usually a few minutes).
  4. Your status and payment history will display the exact same way as the Voter ID method.

If this option isn't available or your OTP never arrives due to network delays, fall back to the Voter ID method above, it is the most consistently supported and reliable route across all portal updates.

Understanding Each Status Message

  • Approved / Active: Your registration passed verification and you're in the active beneficiary database; instalments should process on the normal schedule during Kharif and Rabi releases.
  • Pending / Under Verification: Your land records and application details are still being checked by your local agriculture office. This step commonly takes a few weeks, sometimes longer during high-volume periods just before a payment cycle.
  • Payment Processed / Credited / Account Validation Success: Shows the exact date and amount credited for that instalment. If your bank statement doesn't reflect it within a few working days, see the troubleshooting section below.
  • Rejected: Usually caused by a mismatch between your submitted documents and official land records, an invalid or unlinked bank account, or incomplete Barga (sharecropper) registration. The portal doesn't always give a detailed reason, for that, you'll need to visit your Krishi Bhavan.

If your status displays Aadhaar Seeding Pending, the funds have been cleared by the department but the receiving bank server cannot route the DBT payment until your account is linked to the NPCI mapper at your bank.

Krishak Bandhu Payment Not Received — Troubleshooting

If your status shows "Processed" but the amount hasn't reached your account, or your status hasn't changed in over a month, work through these in order:

  1. Check your Aadhaar-bank linkage first. This is by far the most common reason a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payment silently fails, the transfer is initiated by IFMS but bounces because the receiving bank account isn't correctly seeded with Aadhaar in the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) mapper. You can verify this linkage status through your bank branch or customer care.
  2. Confirm the account is still active. Dormant bank accounts (accounts with no transactions for an extended period) can automatically reject incoming DBT credit transfers.
  3. Check for a name-mismatch issue. If your name on the bank account differs even slightly from your name on your Aadhaar, Voter ID, or land Records of Rights (RoR Parcha), this can cause a payment to be held back for manual review by the treasury officer.
  4. Visit your Block Agriculture Office (Krishi Bhavan) in person. Bring a printout of your status page, your Voter ID, bank passbook, and your registration acknowledgment. This is typically faster to resolve than a phone helpline, since local staff can look up your specific record in the backend database.

Keep a simple record of every status check you do (date, what it showed), if you do need to escalate, having a clear timeline helps the office resolve it faster.

Status Check vs Beneficiary List — What's the Difference

These two pages are often confused, so it's worth being clear:

  • Status Check (this page) tells you about your individual application, whether it's approved, and your personal instalment payment history and bank transaction dates.
  • The Beneficiary List is the broader, public record of all approved farmers for a given Gram Panchayat, useful when checking the beneficiary list to confirm your registration is officially listed in your block records, but it doesn't show payment dates or amounts.

If you want to know "has my money come through," use Status Check. If you want to confirm "am I officially on record," check the Beneficiary List.

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