CHITRAKOOT/LUCKNOW: A year after launching PM Kisan Samman scheme providing an annual grant of Rs 6,000 to small and marginal farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday once again chose Chitrakoot to pitch for robust farmer schemes while announcing his government was working with a commitment that every penny released from Delhi reaches actual beneficiary without discrimination.
After laying the foundation of 296km Bundelkhand expressway and inaugurating 10,000 Farmers Produce Organisation (FPOs) in Chitrakoot, Modi referred to former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri's iconic slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' multiple times to proclaim Bundelkhand was ready to change the fortunes of the country.
The expressway along with the proposed defence corridor will make the region a hub for defence manufacturing, he said.
“Policies related to farmers are being given a new direction by linking them with collective strength of farmers to increase income. Be it soil health card or making MSP 1.5 times of the produce. Every scheme is aimed to strengthen farmers,” Modi said to underline the slogan he chanted at the end of his speech.
He said when PM Kisan Sanmman Nidhi scheme was launched, there were attempts to create doubts. But in a year, Rs 50,000 crore have been transferred directly in the account of 8.5 crore farmers. In UP alone, 2 crore people have benefitted. “No middlemen, no bribe, no discrimination is being done in the scheme,” he said.
The prime minister said in the past few decades, hundreds of packages were announced for Bundelkhand, but farmers did not benefit.
“But now, Bundelkhand is ready to not only change its fate but also of the country. After PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, the farmers would be facilitated through credit cards. The government is working on a proposal to allow farmers link their produce with the nearby market from their fields,” he said.
After laying the foundation of 296km Bundelkhand expressway and inaugurating 10,000 Farmers Produce Organisation (FPOs) in Chitrakoot, Modi referred to former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri's iconic slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' multiple times to proclaim Bundelkhand was ready to change the fortunes of the country.
The expressway along with the proposed defence corridor will make the region a hub for defence manufacturing, he said.
“Policies related to farmers are being given a new direction by linking them with collective strength of farmers to increase income. Be it soil health card or making MSP 1.5 times of the produce. Every scheme is aimed to strengthen farmers,” Modi said to underline the slogan he chanted at the end of his speech.
He said when PM Kisan Sanmman Nidhi scheme was launched, there were attempts to create doubts. But in a year, Rs 50,000 crore have been transferred directly in the account of 8.5 crore farmers. In UP alone, 2 crore people have benefitted. “No middlemen, no bribe, no discrimination is being done in the scheme,” he said.
The prime minister said in the past few decades, hundreds of packages were announced for Bundelkhand, but farmers did not benefit.
“But now, Bundelkhand is ready to not only change its fate but also of the country. After PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, the farmers would be facilitated through credit cards. The government is working on a proposal to allow farmers link their produce with the nearby market from their fields,” he said.
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