New Delhi [India], Shivraj Singh Chouhan took charge as Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister on Tuesday.

After assuming charge, ministry employees presented a bouquet to Chauhan.

Chouhan highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his day in office by giving permission to release the 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi, which will benefit 9.3 crore farmers and disburse around Rs 20,000 crore.

"I am happy to say that the first decision taken by the Prime Minister yesterday was in the interest of the farmers. He decided to release Kisan Samman Nidhi. Now under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the NDA government will take these works forward at a faster pace. " Minister Shri Chouhan said, the Prime Minister has resolved to double the income of farmers, work on it is going on continuously.

The Union Minister said, "Together we will work on it even faster and take every possible step for the welfare of the farmers. Today itself I am going to submit the resolution letter to the officials."

Shivraj Singh Chouhan performed puja before assuming charge.