New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi today released an amount of Rs 19,000 crore to 9.5 crore beneficiary farmer families as the eighth instalment of The Prime Minister's Kisan Samman Nidhi at 11 am today, May 14. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was also present on the occasion.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said that PM Modi released the amount of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi at an event organized through video conference and also interacted with the beneficiaries. More than Rs 19,000 crore has been transferred to the accounts of more than 9.5 crore farmer families during this period, the statement said. So far, Rs 1.15 lakh crore has been transferred to the accounts of farmer families under the scheme.
Earlier, PM Modi had also tweeted from his official Twitter handle that "Tomorrow is a very important day for crores of annadatas of the country. It will be a privilege to release the 8th instalment of The Prime Minister's Kisan Samman Nidhi through video conferencing at 11 am. I will also interact with my farmer brothers and sisters on this occasion".
8th instalment under #PMKisan is being released. Watch. https://t.co/aTcCrilMKE
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