8.89 cr farmers benefit through Kisan Samman Nidhi release of Rs 17,793 cr amid COVID-19; Read more-

New Delhi, April 21: India is in its second week of Lockdown-2 and the most affected community seems to be that of farmers in India. Considering this, the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday released Rs 17,793 crores under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi during the lockdown. About 8.89 crore farmer families seem to have been benefitted by Centre's this move.

 

 

While India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during the lockdown period, further in order to provide food security, the Government has decided to distribute pulses to the eligible households under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PM-GKY).

 

"About 107,077.85 MT pulses have so far been issued to the States and UTs.Under PMGKY, the States and UTs namely Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat have commenced the distribution of pulses to the beneficiaries", the statement read.

 

Meanwhile, it added that other states like Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi had received the partial stock and would commence the distribution to the beneficiaries in phased manner as per their plan. "The distribution of pulses under PMGKY is to benefit around 19.50 crore household spread across 36 States and Union territories", the note signed off.