PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana: President Draupadi Murmu mentioned the participation of women in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. President Murmu said that Rs 54,000 crore has been transferred through DBT to the bank accounts of about 3 lakh women farmers of the country. President Draupadi Murmu said in one of his addresses at the beginning of the budget session-2023-24 that 11 crore small farmers of the country are the priority of the government, who were deprived of benefits for decades. These farmers are now being empowered.
3 lakh women farmers got benefits
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana was launched in December 2018, but the transfer of installments of Samman Nidhi started from February 2019 itself. The beneficiary farmers of this scheme are given an annual assistance of Rs 6,000. This amount is transferred directly to the bank account of the farmer at an interval of every four months in 3 installments of two thousand rupees each. So far farmers have received Rs 2.25 lakh crore. There are also 3 lakh women farmers among these beneficiaries, who have been given assistance amounting to Rs 54,000 crore.
Government launched welfare schemes
In his address, President Draupadi Murmu said that the Central Government has launched several schemes for the welfare of farmers, including Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Soil Health Card, Kisan Credit Card. Animal rearers and fish rearers have also been linked to these schemes. Small farmers have also been empowered by this. To make them more empowered, decisions have been taken ranging from the formation of farmer production organizations to increasing the minimum support price.
How many farmers got the first installment
President Draupadi Murmu informed that during the first installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, 3.16 crore beneficiaries were benefited, while in second installment 6.63 crore, in third installment 8.76 crore, in fourth installment 8.96 crore, in fifth installment 10.49 crore, in sixth installment 10.23 Crore, 10.23 crore in seventh installment, 11.16 crore in eighth installment, 11.19 crore in ninth installment, 11.16 crore in tenth installment, 11.27 crore in 11th installment and around Rs 8.99 crore in 12th installment have been transferred.
President Murmu told that PM-KISAN is a central scheme, which is 100 percent funded by the central government. For this scheme, the state governments and union territory administrations identify those farmer families who are eligible for assistance as per the rules of the scheme.
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