ATM News Network: The government on Monday released Rs 16,000 crore through direct benefit transfer under the 12th installment of the PM Shetkari Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. It is expected to benefit 10 crore farmers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the installment amount at the inaugural function of "PM Shetkari Samman Sammelan 2022" at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Prime Minister Modi
said that farmers will get cheap and quality crop nutrients under the 'Ek Rashtra, Ek Khaad' scheme launched today.
Under this scheme, eligible farmer families are given a benefit of Rs 6,000 per annum in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each. So far, eligible farmer families have received benefits of over Rs 2 lakh crore under the PM Kisan Yojana, a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said.
22 crore soil health cards, over 1,700 varieties of seeds have been provided to farmers to increase crop productivity, Prime Minister Modi said during the event. Late on Sunday evening, the Prime Minister also tweeted about this from his Twitter handle.
Under this scheme, the government has so far distributed 11 installments to the farmers. However, the farmers claimed that they were not getting the money due to several technical problems including online installment transfer. To ensure that this amount reaches them, farmers have to complete e-KYC formalities. Installments are transferred to farmers' Aadhaar linked bank accounts.
(Source : Economic Times)
