Guwahati (Assam) [India], Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for releasing the 17th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi on June 18, benefiting a total of 9.26 crore farmers across the country. Happened. Chief Minister's Office.

Assam Chief Minister's Office posted, "HCM Dr. Himanta Biswa expresses his gratitude to Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for releasing the 17th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi on 18th June, providing financial assistance to a total of 9.26 crore farmers across the country. Profit was made." X.

The Chief Minister's Office said Rs 350 crore was distributed to 17.5 lakh beneficiaries of the scheme in Assam alone. The Chief Minister said that more farmers would be included as beneficiaries of this scheme in the coming days.

On June 18, PM Narendra Modi released the 17th installment of PM-Kisan Yojana in Varanasi. More than 9.26 crore farmers got benefits worth more than Rs 20,000 crore.

After assuming power for the third term, PM Modi approved the release of the 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi, which aims to benefit 9.3 crore farmers and disburse around Rs 20,000 crore.

To meet the financial needs of all land-holding farmers subject to certain exclusion criteria of high income status, PM-KISAN scheme was launched in 2019. A financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred to the bank accounts of farmer families across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode in three equal installments every four months.

So far, over Rs 3.04 lakh crore has been paid to more than 11 crore farmers across the country and with this release, the total amount transferred to beneficiaries since the launch of the scheme exceeds Rs 3.24 lakh crore. Will go.