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Through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank accounts of more than 8 crore beneficiary farmers across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred the 13th instalment of about Rs 16,800 crore under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme of the Government of India, through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank accounts of more than 8 crore beneficiary farmers across the country. Thousands of farmers were present in this huge programme at Belagavi in Karnataka, while crores of farmers and others joined online. Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavraj Bommai, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of State for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi and Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Shobha Karandlaje and other elected representatives were also present on the occasion.

On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that today the whole of India has got a big gift from Belagavi. Another instalment of PM-Kisan has been transferred to the farmers of the country. With just one click, more than Rs. 16,000 crores have reached the bank accounts of crores of farmers across the country. Such a huge amount has been transferred in a moment, with no middleman, no cut-commission and no corruption, this is Modi’s Government, every bit is yours, and it is for you. There are 80-85 per cent of small farmers in India, now these Small Farmers are a priority of the government. About Rs. 2.5 lakh crores so far has been deposited in the accounts of these small farmers. Of this, more than Rs. 50,000 crores have been deposited in the accounts of our sisters and mothers. The Prime Minister said that since 2014, the country has been continuously moving towards a transformational change in agriculture. We are associating agriculture with modernity. In 2014, the budget for Agriculture was Rs. 25,000 crores, whereas this time our Agricultural Budget is more than Rs 1.25 lakh crore. We are connecting more and more farmers with Kisan Credit Cards. Our government has always kept the interests of sugarcane farmers paramount. In this year’s budget, an important decision has been taken related to sugarcane farmers. We have launched the PM Pranam Yojana for the farmers, through this, the States that reduce the use of chemical fertilizer will get additional help from the Centre.

Through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the

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An amount of over Rs 21,000 crores was transferred to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently addressed the ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. This unique public event was organised in state capitals, district headquarters and Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country to commemorate the completion of eight years of the government led by Prime Minister Modi.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi also released the 11th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. An amount of over Rs 21,000 crores was transferred to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families.

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textiles, Food & Consumer Affairs, and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal participated in the programme from Delhi, in which a large number of farmers besides agricultural scientists were present.

The agriculture minister said that in the field of agriculture, concrete work has been done to raise the production and productivity of farmers, promoting use of technology and to ensure that farmers should get reasonable price for their crop. Earlier, wheat and rice were procured at MSP, Modi also started procurement of other farm produce including coarse grains. PM wants that farmer should move forward, their income should be doubled and that farmers adopt crop diversification, use of fertilisers and water is limited, the cost of farming should also come down, hence a campaign has been launched and crores of farmers are getting benefitted.

An amount of over Rs 21,000 crores