Raigarh: In the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, 2 years ago, fraud worth crores of rupees came to the fore in the name of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. In this, about 17,000 ineligible farmers had fraudulently registered online and did a scam of about 25 crores. Now this forgery has increased to 43 crores. 53,000 farmers have received this amount by registering fraudulently. Agriculture Department has issued notification for recovery from ineligible farmers. The threat of action is also looming large on these farmers for not returning the amount.
Even in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh, many ineligible farmers took advantage of this scheme in the initial phase. After receiving the news about this, the Agriculture Department got the list of eligible farmers through Patwari by verifying the acreage and linking Aadhaar. Due to this, the department came to know that an amount of about 43 crores has reached the accounts of about 53 thousand ineligible farmers. The maximum number of fake farmers is 23,379 from the Pusaur block. The department has been able to recover only Rs 53 lakh from the farmers in the last two years.
In the matter of taking the amount of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana by fake farmers, the Director of the Agriculture Department of the district, Anil Verma said that this whole scam happened through online registration. The ineligible farmers had deposited the amount given by the PM directly into their accounts after becoming eligible. After getting the information, a list of these farmers has now been made and a notice has been issued to all. Simultaneously, the recovery process has also been expedited. Till now the amount of Rs 53 lakh has been recovered and the farmers have been asked to deposit the remaining amount soon for not depositing, an FIR is also being drafted against them.
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