Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the farmers from six different states on Friday, that is, December 25, Incidentally, tomorrow also marks the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He will be holding a virtual discussion with farmers at 12 pm through video conferencing and will release the next instalment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
“With the push of a button, the Prime Minister will enable the transfer of more than Rs 18,000 crores to more than 9 crores beneficiary farmer families,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
On the other hand, Farmers’ unions on Wednesday demanded Centre to come up with more a concrete proposal in writing to resolve the impasse over the agricultural laws and not adhere to “meaningless amendments” that they have already rejected multiple times.
“We have already told home minister Amit Shah that protesting farmers will not accept amendments,” farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka said.
“Farmer unions are ready to talk to the government and are waiting for the government to come to the table with an open mind,” said Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav.
Back to PM-KISAN Scheme, it was launched in February 2019 under which a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is provided to the marginal farmers in four monthly instalments of Rs 2,000 each.
PM Modi’s address will coincide with farmers’ protest over three agricultural related laws. The Prime Minister had interacted with the farmers of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh during the last week.