NE AGRICULTURE BUREAU
VARANASI, JUNE 18
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released the 17th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) through Direct Benefit Transfer amounting to more than Rs 20,000 crores to around 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers.
The amount was released at the Kisan Samman Sammelan in Varanasi, Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency which he visited for the first time after polls. The prime minister also distributed certificates to more than 30,000 women from Self Help Groups (SHGs) as Krishi Sakhis.
- I am happy that technology has been used properly in PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to reach the right beneficiary – Prime Minister
- Prime Minister also distributes certificates to over 30,000 self-help groups as Krishi Sakhis
- For us, farmers are God and serving farmers is like worshipping God : Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister
- L Murugan inaugurates the exhibition halls of natural agricultural products in TV Malai
Modi thanked the people for choosing him for the third consecutive time. “People of Varanasi have not only elected a Member of Parliament but the Prime Minister itself,” he said.
Modi said the mandate given by the people in this Lok Sabha election is truly unprecedented and has created history. “If in a country like India where youth aspirations are so high, if a government is returned to power after 10 years of reign, it is a massive victory and huge vote of trust. And this trust of yours is my biggest capital and keeps me energized for taking the country to new heights.”
He said the recent Lok Sabha elections symbolize the vastness, capabilities, comprehensiveness and roots of India’s democracy. Noting that more than 64 crore people voted in these elections, the prime minister said that an election of such a scale does not take place anywhere else in the world.
The prime minister reiterated the importance that he accords to farmers, narishakti, youth and poor as pillars of developed India and recalled that the first decision of the government after formation was about farmers and poor families.
“PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has emerged as the world’s largest direct benefit transfer scheme,” Modi said, highlighting that more than Rs 3.25 lakh crores have been transferred into the bank accounts of crores of farmers.
The prime minister lauded the use of technology in taking the benefits to the deserved beneficiaries and also credited the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra which enabled more than one crore farmers to register themselves under PM KISAN scheme. He further added that rules and regulations have been simplified to increase accessibility.
“Work related to farmer’s welfare takes place at a fast pace when intentions and beliefs are in the right place,” he said.
For us, farmers are God and serving farmers is like worshipping God: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी का वाराणसी में आयोजित 'पीएम किसान सम्मान सम्मेलन' में माननीय श्री @ChouhanShivraj जी ने अंगवस्त्र तथा स्मृति चिह्न भेंट कर स्वागत किया।#PMKisanSamman pic.twitter.com/XT35ZVn5fm
— Office of Shivraj (@OfficeofSSC) June 18, 2024
In his address during the program, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and the farmer is its soul. He said that for us the farmer is God and serving the farmers is like worshipping God. Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that it is the Prime Minister’s commitment towards farmers and farming that after becoming the Prime Minister, he first signed the file for Kisan Samman Nidhi i.e. depositing money in the farmer’s account and today he came here and conducted his first program among the farmers.
The Union Minister said that today after depositing Rs 20,000 crore in the accounts of about 9.25 crore farmers with a single click of the Prime Minister, a total of about Rs 3,25,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of farmers so far. Chouhan said that continuous work has been done on the roadmap to double the income of farmers. For this, on one hand, efforts are being made to increase production by using new technology through irrigation schemes, while on the other hand, to reduce the cost of production, the government gives subsidy of billions of rupees, due to which the farmer gets cheap fertilizers.
Dr. L Murugan inaugurates the exhibition halls of natural agricultural products in TV Malai
மாண்புமிகு பாரதப் பிரதமர் திரு.@narendramodi ஜி அவர்கள், மூன்றாவது முறையாக பிரதமராக பதவியேற்றுக் கொண்டதன் முதல் நிகழ்வாக, நாடு முழுவதும் உள்ள விவசாயிகளுக்கு ‘விவசாய கௌரவ நிதி’ வழங்கும் திட்டத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டம், வெம்பாக்கம் பகுதியில் உள்ள வேளாண் அறிவியல்… pic.twitter.com/2nkuvlyYLS
— Dr.L.Murugan (@Murugan_MoS) June 18, 2024
Minister of State for Information Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. L Murugan has said that the Modi-led central government is working as a government to protect the dignity of farmers through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi.
The Minister participated in the live telecast of the release of the 17th tranche of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi at Kilanelli, Tiruvannamalai District and provided welfare assistance to the farmers.
Minister L Murugan also provided sprayers, direct paddy seeding machines and honey bee boxes to the farmers. The minister also issued certificates for female agricultural extension workers (velan dozhi).
The minister also inaugurated the exhibition halls of natural agricultural products set up by the farmers.
Tiruvannamalai District Collector C Bhaskara Pandian, Senior Scientist of Tiruvannamalai District Agricultural Science Center V Suresh, Chairman of Agricultural Science Center S Ramesh and NABARD Bank District Development Manager Vijay Niehar also participated in the event.
Union Minister of State for @minmsme & @LabourMinistry, @ShobhaBJP addressed PM Kisan Samman Nidhi distribution event at Namakkal, TN on June 18, 2024. She was welcomed by FPO Trichy Sh. Devi Padmanabhan.@PIB_India @airnews_Chennai @DDTamilNews @CBCTRICHY_MIB @CBCCHENNAI_MIB pic.twitter.com/wMzspJeaHU
— PIB in Tamil Nadu (@pibchennai) June 18, 2024
