There are various schemes run by the Indian government. One such scheme is the PM Kisan Yojana. This scheme was started by the Government of India in 2019. The government provide financial aid to the farmers by giving a amount of Rs 6000 in installments.
Under this PM Kisan Scheme the central government gives Rs 6000 annually to the beneficiaries of the scheme. The amount is received by them in three equal instalments per year. Per instalment, a farmer gets Rs 2000.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 19th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana on Monday and inaugurated various development projects, dedicating them to nation from Bhagalpur in Bihar.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bihar Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the rally. In his address at the rally, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, “It is a matter of great fortune for us that the PM is releasing the instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana into the accounts of farmers from the land of Bihar.”
“More than 76,000 are included in this. This is a very important scheme of the Central Government, which is directly benefitting farmers,” said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan also spoke at the rally and praised Prime Minister Modi for introducing the Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, terming it a gift for the farmers. He emphasised that the PM understood their struggles, unlike previous Congress governments, which never directly credited funds into farmers’ accounts. “This is a gift that was never given before. PM Modi understood the pain of small farmers. Congress governments never deposited money directly into the accounts of farmers. In the form of Kisan Samman Nidhi, there is a scheme that transformed the lives of small farmers,” said Chouhan.
So far, more than Rs. 3.46 lakh crore have been disbursed to more than 11 crore farmer families in the country through 18 instalments. The BJP, JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustan Awam Morcha and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha are constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar. The Bihar Legislative Assembly election for all 243 constituencies is scheduled to be held in October or November this year. The last assembly elections were held in October-November 2020.
