Prime Minister Modi Is Set To Visit Varanasi Today, To Release 17th PM-Kisan Installment | ABP News

The event will be attended by Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Agriculture Minister and several State Ministers.

After assuming office for the third time, PM Modi signed his first file, authorising the release of the 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi. As per the statement, he will release the 17th instalment, amounting to more than Rs 20,000 crore, to around 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) through Direct Benefit Transfer. "So far, more than 11 crore eligible farmer families have received benefits of more than Rs. 3.04 lakh crore under PM-KISAN," the statement informed.