PM transfers about Rs 19,500 cr to over 9.75 cr farmers below PM-KISAN l Janaseva News

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday nearly transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiaries farmers below the federal government’s PM-KISAN scheme.

With this, the federal government has to this point transferred 9 installments amounting round Rs 1.57 lakh crore to farmer households below the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.

After the discharge of the quantity, the Prime Minister interacted with beneficiaries of this scheme from throughout the nation.

An annual monetary good thing about Rs 6,000 is offered to eligible beneficiary farmer households, payable in three equal four-monthly installments of Rs 2,000 every, below the PM-KISAN scheme.

The scheme was introduced in February 2019 within the Price range. The primary installment was for December 2018-March 2019 interval. The fund is transferred on to the financial institution accounts of the beneficiaries.

Addressing the digital occasion within the presence of the Prime Minister, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar mentioned that earlier than the ninth installment, the central authorities had disbursed about Rs 1.37 lakh crore to round 11 crore beneficiaries below the scheme.

The federal government has linked 2.28 crore PM-KISAN beneficiaries with Kisan Credit score Card scheme, below which they’ve been in a position to avail mortgage as much as 2.32 lakh crore to this point.

He additionally mentioned the farmers have labored exhausting regardless of challenges of COVID-19 and ensured bumper manufacturing final 12 months. Higher output is anticipated within the coming days attributable to continued farmers’ efforts.

Expressing concern over scarcity of edible oils and pulses, Tomar mentioned the federal government is specializing in boosting the home manufacturing by a number of schemes in order that the nation’s dependence on imports

Union Ministers of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje, in addition to Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Aggarwal have been amongst state ministers and officers current within the occasion.

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