Narendra Singh Tomar chaired a virtual meeting with Agriculture Ministers of States

New Delhi: More than two lakh crore rupees have been transferred to about 11 crore 37 lakh eligible farmers so far under the PM-KISAN scheme. Under the scheme, eligible farmers are given six thousand rupees in three equal installments, so that they can meet the agricultural and allied expenses along with their domestic needs. Since its launch in February 2019, eleven installments have been disbursed so far to farmers.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar yesterday chaired a virtual meeting with the Agriculture Ministers of the States regarding



the PM-Kisan scheme. He said that no eligible farmer should be deprived of the benefits of this scheme. Mr Tomar also asked the States to complete the work of data verification and updation at the earliest.

He said, the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has always emphasising increasing the income of farmers and working for their socio-economic empowerment. He said, the Central Government has taken several initiatives for the welfare of the Agriculture sector.