9 crore farmers benefitted, Rs 18000 crore deposited via DBT
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has released the 7th instalment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conference on December 28, 2020. The PM also interacted with farmers from Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. Farmers narrated their experiences about how they have benefitted since the introduction of the Farm Acts.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said,“Rs 18000 crore have been deposited directly in the bank account of 9 crore farmer families in the country at the click of a button. He added that ever since this scheme started, more than 1 lakh 10 thousand crore rupees have reached the account of farmers.”
The Prime Minister expressed regret that more than 70 lakh farmers of West Bengal have not been able to get this benefit. He said over 23 lakh farmers of Bengal have applied online to take advantage of this scheme. But the state government has stopped the verification process. He said the parties which do not speak in the interest of farmers in West Bengal, come to Delhi and talk about the farmer. He said these parties are missing APMC-mandis nowadays, but these parties repeatedly forget that there are no APMC-mandis in Kerala and these people never agitate in Kerala.
