Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released more than Rs 20,000 crore into bank accounts of more than 9.5 crore farmers below the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, taking the total disbursal to more than Rs 1.36 lakh crore due to the fact the scheme’s launch in February 2019.
During a televised address to the farmers, Modi also urged farmers to get vaccinated anytime they get the chance even though continuing with wearing mask and sustaining social distancing even just after vaccination.
Out of more than 9.5 crore beneficiaries who received the PM-Kisan instalment for the April-June period, as a lot of as 40 lakh farmers got several instalments which includes the existing one. “Those farmers were eligible to get previous instalments since payment could not be transferred due to various reasons,” a government official stated.
Over seven lakh farmers in West Bengal, who received the PM-Kisan advantage for the very first time just after the state decided to implement the Central scheme, had been paid collectively 2 instalments totalling Rs 4,000 every single due to the fact registration was accomplished just before April, sources stated.
Under the scheme, every single land-owning farmer is entitled to get Rs 6,000 just about every year in 3 equal instalments of Rs 2,000 every single as direct revenue help.
As considerably as Rs 60,000 crore has gone into the hands of farmers in the corona period (just after April 2020), Modi stated emphasising that little and medium farmers have been immensely benefited from the revenue help scheme.
The prime minister also stated that apart from PM-Kisan, the Centre has also ensured record procurement of paddy and wheat by straight transferring the quantity to bank accounts of farmers. While about Rs 60,000 crore has been paid via direct advantage transfer (DBT) to wheat farmers across the nation, so far in the on-going buy season, Rs 27,000 crore has been paid in Punjab and Haryana, he stated.
Amid the second wave of Covid pandemic, the prime minister chose the occasion to send a message to the rural India that the government is sensible to their difficulties and has been carrying out its most effective to ameliorate their situations.
“Such a severe epidemic that came after 100 years is taking the test of the world. There is an invisible enemy in front of us, which is also changing colours. The pain that the countrymen have endured for some time, the pain that many people have gone through, I have been feeling the same. I am a partner of all your sentiments as the pradhan sevak (principal servant) of the country,” Modi stated. Any deadlock related with the sources in the fight against the second wave of Corona is becoming quickly overcome as efforts are becoming made to work on a war footing, he added.
Highlighting that about 18 crore vaccine doses have been offered across the nation, the prime minister urged everybody to register for the vaccine when their turn comes and comply with the prescribed Covid proper behaviour like wearing mask and sustaining social distancing at all occasions. The vaccine is an essential signifies of protection against Corona and will minimize the threat of significant illness, he added.
Prior to delivering his speech, Modi also interacted with choose six farmers of distinct states to showcase how the farming neighborhood has been acquiring advantages of numerous government schemes like Namami Gange, all-natural farming (rainfed region), organic worth chain improvement, certification programme and Kisan Credit Card.
The government has been continually attempting to provide new options and new solutions in farming and advertising organic farming is one such work as it delivers more profit.
Modi stated organic farming is becoming practised on each banks of river Ganga and inside a radius of about 5 kilometers, so that the Ganga remains clean.
The PM-Kisan scheme, launched in February 2019 (made effective from December 2018) to give revenue help to farmers, expense the exchequer about Rs 1,241 crore in FY19, Rs 48,714 crore in FY20 and Rs 65,000 crore in (RE) FY21. The finance minister has kept the allocation unchanged at Rs 65,000 crore for FY22.