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Centre formally launches

75,000 crore PM-Kisan

scheme ahead of elections

among select farmers under the PM- this scheme, 75,000 crore would be
Tehelka Bureau KISAN scheme. transferred to farmers’ accounts
As per the agenda, the State gov- every year. He urged State Govern-
s expected, the Centre ernments will send a list of farmers ments to send the lists of beneficiary
has formally the 75,000 who avail this scheme to the cen- farmers to the Union Government
crore Pradhan Mantri tral government and 12 crore small at the earliest so that farmers can
Kisan Nidhi called PM- farmers in the country who have 5 receive the benefit of this scheme in
A Kisan scheme to woo acres or less land will benefit from it. time.
farmers. The launch of the scheme The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sam- The Prime Minister said that
just before elections assumes sig- man Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) was while the loan waivers announced
nificance because the opposition announced in the interim Budget periodically by earlier Governments,
parties had been raising the issues 2019-20 on February 1, 2019. Under did not provide long term or com-
related to farm sector distress, in- the Scheme, 6,000 is to be given per prehensive relief to the farmers, PM-
creasing number of suicides by year to small and marginal farmer KISAN will not only provide them
farmers and non-implementation of families having combined land hold- relief but will also mark a massive
M.S.Swaminathan report to provide ing/ownership of up to 2 hectares. investment in the rural economy.
remunerative price to farmers for With the launch of the scheme, The Prime Minister said that PM-
their produce by deciding minimum the first installment of 2,000 is be- KISAN depends on direct transfer,
support price on the basis of input ing directly credited to the bank and therefore the entire amount
costs. accounts of selected beneficiary will reach the beneficiary. He said
During the last budget of the farmers. The Prime Minister con- that the Government is also invest-
BJP government, the government gratulated the farmers for the ing about one lakh crore rupees to
had come out with an innovative launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan complete long pending irrigation
and ambitious scheme to provide Samman Nidhi. He also congratu- projects, which will be of great and
6,000 per annum to farmers with lated farmer families engaged in lasting help to farmers in many parts
certain riders. A month after the dairy farming, and fisheries, as they of the country. He also mentioned
budget presentation, the govern- now have access to Kisan Credit the 17 crore soil health cards, neem
ment has quickly sent the first Cards. Addressing the gathering, the coating of urea, MSP for 22 crops at
installment of 2000 each to over Prime Minister said that this day is 50 percent above the cost price, PM
one crore farmers. The Prime Minis- etched in history, because the biggest Fasal Bima Yojana, and the e-NAM
ter Narendra Modi himself officially scheme for farmers since independ- platform.
launched the 75,000-crore Prad- ence, has begun today. The Prime Minister said that
han Mantri Kisan Nidhi (PM-KISAN) The Prime Minister said that the farmers could now avail credit up
at a farmer’s rally in Gorakhpur. Im- Government is determined to make to 1.60 lakh, through Kisan Credit
mediately the Centre transferred the farmers capable and empow- Cards. He also touched upon other
the first installment of 2,000 each ered. He said that the Government welfare schemes for the benefit of
to over one crore farmers. The PM is working to provide all the neces- farmers. The Prime Minister said
observed that the KISAN scheme sary means to the farmers, to en- that the entire region of Eastern
would help to achieve the aspira- able them to double their income Uttar Pradesh is undergoing rapid
tions of crores of farmers who feed by 2022. About 12 crore farmers are transformation. Industry, Connectiv-
the nation. Following the launch, expected to benefit from PM-KISAN. ity and the Health sector are all wit-
PM Modi also distributed certificates The Prime Minister said that through nesses to this change, he added. He

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