Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], After releasing the 17th installment of PM-KISAN scheme to about 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he has always considered farmers, youth, women and the poor as the pillars of strength. Developed India.

"I have considered farmers, youth, women and the poor as the strong pillars of developed India. I have started my third term with their empowerment. As soon as the government was formed, the first decision was related to farmers and poor families." Be it building 3 crore new houses for poor families across the country or extending the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, these decisions will help crores of people," PM Modi said in Varanasi after being re-elected from his constituency on Tuesday. Said during his first visit.Record third term.

Speaking about the program in Varanasi, PM Modi said, "Today's program is also going to strengthen the path of developed India. Rs 20,000 crore of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has reached the bank accounts of crores of farmers across the country…Here, Rs 700 crore has also been deposited in the accounts of farmers of Varanasi.”

The Prime Minister said that with the help of technology, benefits are being delivered to the right beneficiaries and many rules related to the scheme have also been simplified.

“I am happy that PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has made better use of technology to deliver benefits to the right beneficiaries. Just a few months ago, more than 1 crore farmers joined the scheme during the Vikassheel Bharat Sankalp Yatra.The government has also simplified it. "Many rules to get the benefit of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi..." PM Modi said.

The Prime Minister said that farmers have an important role in realizing the dream of a developed India.

"Farmers will play an important role in making India the third largest economy in the world. We need to think in the global context, need to think about the global market...Now we are taking the country to new heights in the global market of packaged food. Taking." My dream is that every dining table in the world should have some grain or fruit product from India..."

After the program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath also performed puja at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.

On making Kashi a heritage city, PM Modi said, "Our Kashi has been the capital of culture. Our Kashi has been the capital of education. Our Kashi has been the capital of all knowledge. But along with all this, Kashi has also become." A city which showed the whole world that even a heritage city can write a new story of urban development.Along with heritage, the mantra of development is also visible everywhere in Kashi. This development is not only empowering Kashi but is also benefiting the people who come here from Purvanchal for work.”

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.

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 Is.