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It will be rectified and uploaded in the portal to add eligible farmers left out in the beneficiaries’ list,” the official added. “After the second and third level of verification, the executing authority of the scheme shortlisted around 12.9 lakh farmers as eligible beneficiaries for the first phase of the scheme,” he said.The number of beneficiaries is expected to touch 13 lakh before the list is finalised on Saturday. The Central government would deposit the first tranche of Rs 2,000 for the period from December 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. It was a struggle for officials to accomplish the task within a short span.“We have uploaded the data of 30 lakh farmers in the first phase in the portal (pmkisan.nic.in) designed exclusively for the programme, after validating them,” a senior officer in charge of the programme told TOI. Keeping the forthcoming Lok Sabha election in mind, the AIADMK government has instructed officials to ensure that a maximum number of farmers are enrolled under the scheme toappease the farming community to transform them into votes for the alliance..