Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the eighth installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conferencing and transferred more than Rs 20,000 crore to over 9.5 crore farmers. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was also present in the program.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Chief Ministers of some states and many MPs were also present in the event organized through video conference. During this program, the Prime Minister also interacted with the farmer beneficiaries.
This amount is directly deposited in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Before today, more than 1.15 lakh crore rupees have been transferred to the farmer families under this scheme.
During this time the Prime Minister said, “The farmers of Bengal have started getting the benefit of the facility of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for the first time today, the first installment has reached the lakhs of farmers of Bengal. As the names of farmers from the state are received by the central government, the number of beneficiary farmers will increase further.
The PM said that under this scheme (PM Kisan Samman Nidhi), about 11 crore farmers of the country have reached about 1 lakh 35 thousand crore rupees. Of these, more than Rs 60,000 crores have been reached only during the Corona period.
Speaking on the Covid-19 pandemic, the PM said, “100 years later, such a terrible epidemic is testing the world step by step. We have an invisible enemy in front of us. We have lost many of our close ones. The past few I am feeling the same pain that the countrymen have endured from time to time. “
PM Modi further says ” the corona vaccine is an important means of protection. The Central Government and all the State Governments, together, are making continuous efforts to enable more and more countrymen to get vaccinated at a rapid pace. So far, around 18 crore vaccine doses have been given across the country”.
Free vaccination is being done in government hospitals across the country. So whenever your turn comes, make sure to apply the vaccine. This vaccine will give us protective cover against corona, will reduce the risk of serious illness says PM Modi.