PANJIM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the next installment of financial benefit under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conference.
As per the information received, around 9,700 farmers from across Goa are already receiving benefits under the scheme.
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The prime Minister released the installment due from December 2020 to March 2021. The Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa organised this programme at taluka level -– Mapusa, Bicholim, Sanquelim, Valpoi, Dharbandora, Ponda, Tiswadi, Quepem, Canacona and Sanguem.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said Rs 18,000 crore have been deposited directly into the bank account of more than 9 crore farmer families in the country at the click of a button today. He added ever since this scheme started, more than Rs 1.10 lakh crore has reached into the accounts 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 for so long.
“The parties which do not speak in the interest of farmers in West Bengal come here to Delhi and talk about the farmers. These parties are missing
Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC-mandis) nowadays, but these parties repeatedly forget that there are no APMC-mandis in Kerala and these people never agitate in Kerala,” the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister said, “The government worked at aiming to reduce the input cost of the farmers. Listed some farmer-centric initiatives of the government like Soil Health Card, Neem Coating of Urea, scheme for distribution of solar pumps which helped in reducing the input cost for the farmers.”
He added that the government tried to ensure that the farmers have a better crop insurance cover. Today, crores of farmers are getting the benefit of the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme.
