He claimed that around 12 crore farmers would benefit from the scheme and an amount of Rs 75,000 crore would be given under this scheme every year.
Gorakhpur: DESCRIBING THE Congress, SP and BSP as “maha-milawati (highly adulterated)” and accusing them of “cheating farmers” for political gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-KISAN) with the promise of including those who have been left out of the scheme soon.
Speaking on the second day of the BJP Kisan Morcha national convention in Gorakhpur, the base of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Modi also accused non-BJP state governments of “not supporting” the scheme and warned them of the “curse of farmers”.
Announced during the Budget, Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three installments to small and marginal farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectares under the PM-KISAN scheme.
The Prime Minister said the first installment of Rs 2,000 each was directly transferred into the bank accounts of more than 1 crore farmers. “The whole amount is being given by the central government. The state governments have to do nothing but just make a list of all the deserving farmers with full honesty, and send the list to us,” said Modi.
He claimed that around 12 crore farmers would benefit from the scheme and an amount of Rs 75,000 crore would be given under this scheme every year.
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