Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that the government has given the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over 2 crore farmers so far under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. He noted that many states are seriously showing interest to implement the scheme and sending the data.
The minister further stated that some states such as West Bengal are not keen to roll out the scheme and therefore not providing the data. He said ‘to such states, I only urge to keep the politics aside else the electorate will teach them a lesson.’ Besides, he said that the government has shifted the farm policy approach from production-centric to income-centric. He added that farmers have begun to understand and are going in a big way toward income-oriented farming.
The PM-KISAN was announced in the interim Budget 2019-20 on February 1, 2019. Under the Scheme, Rs 6,000 will be given per year to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of up to 2 hectares. On February 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched Rs 75,000-crore PM-KISAN scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers.
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