Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, May 15: The Eighth instalment of of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KSNY) that is intended to help the farmers of the country is released to 9.5 crore farmers of the country is released.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that 51,67,535 farmers of the state will benefit from these funds. He also informed that he will offer his gratitude to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on behalf of the farmers of Karnataka.
Karnataka will get an aid of Rs 1,065.25 crore. For Kerala an aid of Rs 684.92 crore is released which will benefit 33.39 lac farmers. The corresponding figures for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry will be 751.90 crore and Rs 2.03 crores that will benefit 37.15 lac and 10,154 farmers respectively.
Nalin Kumar Kateel (left) and Narendra Modi
In total, Rs 20,667.75 crore aid will be distributed among 9.5 crore of farmers of the country as per the information shared by Nalin Kumar Kateel.