Will Leave No Stone Unturned for the Welfare of Farmers: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
19 June 2024, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 17th instalment of about Rs 20,000 crore under PM-KISAN and distributed certificates to over 30,000 self-help groups known as Krishi Sakhis in Varanasi on 18th June 2024.
“PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has emerged as the world’s largest direct benefit transfer scheme”, the Prime Minister said, highlighting that more than Rs 3.25 lakh crores have been transferred into the bank accounts of crores of farmers, where Rs 700 crores have been transferred to the families in Varanasi alone.
A Total of 3.25 Lakh Crores Deposited
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressing the audience on the occasion said that a sum of Rs 20,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of about 9.25 crore farmers with a single click of the Prime Minister. A total of about Rs 3,25,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of farmers since the launch of the scheme. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and the farmer is its soul. Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that it is the Prime Minister’s commitment towards farmers and farming that after becoming the Prime Minister, he first signed the file for Kisan Samman Nidhi i.e. depositing money in the farmer’s account and today he came here and conducted his first program among the farmers.
The Union Minister mentioned that a sum of Rs 20,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of about 9.25 crore farmers with a single click of the Prime Minister. A total of about Rs 3,25,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of farmers since the launch of the scheme. Chouhan said that continuous work has been done on the roadmap to double the income of farmers. For this, on one hand, efforts are being made to increase production by using new technology through irrigation schemes, while on the other hand, to reduce the cost of production, the government gives subsidies of billions of rupees, due to which the farmer gets cheap fertilizers.
Will Leave No Stone Unturned
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Agriculture Department will work day and night and will leave no stone unturned for the welfare of farmers under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chouhan said that the Prime Minister has resolved to make three crore Lakhpati Didis, out of which about one crore Lakhpati Didis have already been made. One dimension of that is Krishi Sakhi, to whom certificates were also distributed today. He said that these are our sisters who have been trained to help farmers in their work and 34,000 such sisters have been trained so far. The Union Minister said that on one hand these Krishi Sakhis will help farmers in better farming methods and on the other hand, they will also be able to increase their income.
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