New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that PM Kisan Samman Nidhi and other schemes related to agriculture are giving new strength to crores of farmers of the country. Mr Modi said that when farmers become stronger, the nation prospers.
In a tweet, he said, the country is proud of our farmers and new India will be more prosperous, when our farmers are empowered.
The financial benefit of six thousand rupees per year is provided to the eligible family of farmer under PM-KISAN scheme. The amount is being transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries, in three installments of two thousand rupees.
So far, over one lakh 82 thousand crore rupees have been transferred to more than 11 crore 30 lakh farmer’s family.
One lakh crore loan facility has been provided for the development of agriculture-related infrastructure under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. More than one crore 73 lakh farmers have registered themselves on e-NAM platform. The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities in India.
