The Central and the State government are striving hard to transform the lives of farmers and making them self-reliant and prosperous. Working with full zeal for achieving the target of doubling farmers’ income, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will transfer Rs 4,720 crore to 2.36 crore farmers of the state under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana on August 9.
Rs 2000 will be given to each farmer for the months of August, September, October and November.The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana of the Central Government, around 18 lakh farmers have been given Rs 32,500 crore. Those farmers are also included in this who have received the funds for one time and also those who have received it for 8 times in a row. Notably, the 9th installment of the scheme will be released on Monday.
Similarly, more than 2 crore farmers are associated with the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and a compensation of Rs 2,208 crore has been given to more than 25.60 lakh farmers under this scheme.
CM Yogi has always been working for the welfare of farmers in the State, unlike the other previous governments. For the first time in the state, more than 433.86 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been procured by the government and more than Rs 78,000 crore has been paid to 78,23,357 farmers.
So far, a crop loan of Rs 3,58,000 crores has been distributed to the farmers. The government has also waived a loan amounting to Rs 36,000 crore of 86 lakh small and marginal farmers.
