New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 11th installment of financial benefits worth Rs 21,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to more than 10 crore farmers in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh today.
PM Modi is on a visit to Shimla today where he will interact with the beneficiaries of 16 schemes and programmes implemented by nine ministries. The event will be telecast across the country as ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ via video conferencing, the agriculture ministry said in a statement earlier.
It is being organised under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ year-long celebrations.
"PM will release the 11th installment of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme worth Rs 21,000 crores," the statement said.
The event will also be attended by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar from the Pusa complex in Delhi.
Under the PM-KISAN, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is provided to the eligible farmer families, payable in three equal installments of Rs 2,000. The fund is transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
On January 1, the PM released the 10th installment of more than Rs 20,000 crore to over 10 crore beneficiary farmer families.
According to the ministry, this will be the biggest single programme ever in the country, under which there will be nationwide deliberations in all the districts during which the Prime Minister will interact with the beneficiaries on how several central schemes impacted their lives.
The central schemes include PM-KISAN, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Poshan Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural and Urban), Jal Jeevan Mission, and AMRUT.
These also include Pradhan Mantri Swanidhi Yojana, One Nation-One Ration Card, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Ayushman Bharat, PM Jan Arogya Yojana, Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centers and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
(With Inputs From PTI)