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1 crore farmers get 1st instalment of 2k under PM-KISAN scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers, as he slammed the Opposition alleging they “remember farmers once in 10 years — just before elections”.
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GORAKHPUR: Initiating the electronic transfer of Rs 2,000 each, he said the first instalment of money under the scheme has been deposited in accounts of 1.01 crore farmers and those who have been left out will get it soon. “The first instalment of money under the scheme has been deposited in the bank accounts of the farmers directly...those who have been left out will get it soon,” Modi told the gathering at the Fertiliser Corporation of India ground here.
The Prime Minister also interacted with a select group of farmers, representing different states, through video-conferencing and took a swipe at his political rivals. “They remember farmers once in 10 years -- just before elections. They get fever of loan waiver and distribute it as ‘revari” (dole) to garner votes....they did not know that Modi will expose them this time,” he said.
Targeting the Congress government on the issue of loan waiver, Modi said, “They gave loan waiver of Rs 52,000 crore in 10 years and we aregiving Rs 75,000 crore to farmers every year.”
Music and Fine Arts Univ to be renamed after Jaya: EPS
Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said that the Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University (TNMFAU) would be renamed after the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Speaking on the launch function of Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi Yojana, Palaniswami said, “The demand to name TNMFAU after Jayalalithaa was placed before me a day earlier, but I decided to make the announcement on Sunday, as it is her birth anniversary.” Palaniswami, along with Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Pon Radhakrishnan, and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam launched the scheme.
According to the scheme, Rs 6,000 per annum would be given to small and marginal farmers who hold lesser than 2 hectares or 5 acres of land. Rs 2,000 would be given as first instalment to the farmers. “The scheme was promised by the Central government in the annual budget and I thank Modi for fulfilling promises,” Palaniswami said.
In his address, the CM also said, “This is a pathbreaking scheme and I am happy it was launched on the birth anniversary of Amma.”
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