In this year’s budget, the Modi government can open a big box for the farmers. It is expected that the government can increase the amount received annually in the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi from Rs 6,000 to Rs 8,000. Read full details here…
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Only a few days are left for the presentation of the budget. This time the government can give a big gift to the farmers in the budget. Government in its last full budget before 2024 general elections PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM Kisan) Can increase the amount from Rs.6,000 to Rs.8,000 annually.
According to sources, a recommendation has been made by the Ministry of Agriculture to improve this scheme in the budget. The Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) is also in favor of this scheme. This scheme also has a direct political benefit to the government, because this Kisan Samman Nidhi reaches directly to the marginalized farmers in the country.
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There can be a big announcement in the budget
Sources told that the government can increase the 3 installments of this scheme to 4 in a year. It can be announced in the budget. At present, the installment of Rs 2000-2000 is sent directly to the account of the farmers 3 times in a year. If the number of installments is increased to 4, the Samman Nidhi received by the farmers will increase to Rs.8,000 annually. That is, the beneficiary farmers will get a direct benefit of Rs 2,000.
Why does the government want to increase the amount?
Last year, even in the General Budget 2022, there was a strong demand to increase the installment amount of PM Kisan Yojana. But then the government insisted on other measures to strengthen the country’s economy during the Corona epidemic. But in the last one year, the prices of materials used in the agriculture sector have increased. Farmers need money to buy fertilizers, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural machinery etc. and their prices have increased. Keeping this in mind, the government wants to better present the scheme to help the farmers.
PM Kisan for the big work of the farmers
PM Kisan Nidhi is very useful for the farmers in the country. With this, farmers meet their needs of fertilizers, seeds, pesticides and fertilizers etc. So far, farmers have received 12 installments under this scheme. Its 13th installment can be released on January 25, for which the farmers are eagerly waiting. This scheme of the government benefits more than 11 crore farmers of the country.
Needy farmers get benefits like this
PM Kisan Nidhi is a scheme fully funded by the Central Government. The government has fixed many terms and conditions for the benefit of this scheme to reach only the needy farmers. All institutional land holders, farmer families of all present and former MPs, MLAs/MLCs, former and present chairpersons of district panchayats, serving and retired government employees, income tax payers and professionals such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, chartered accountants are excluded from the scheme. Is placed.
New farmers keep joining this scheme continuously. For this, the government keeps updating the database regularly. Under the scheme, the States/UTs identify and verify the beneficiaries. To help States/UTs for automatic verification of beneficiary data, the PM-KISAN portal has been integrated with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) portal for Aadhaar authentication.
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