PM Modi's Address To Farmers: Live Updates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is interacting with nine crore farmers from six states as a part of an event to release the next instalment of financial benefits under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).

The Prime Minister ease to digitally deposit a total of Rs 18,000 crore in the bank accounts of nine crore farmers under the scheme. Delhi BJP has set up screens in 280 municipal wards across the city to telecast the PM’s speech and party members have been asked to ensure a gathering of at least 200 people in each place.

Several central ministers, MPs, MLAs and BJP office bearers will also be present among the electorate to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction. 

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will listen to PM Modi’s interaction with farmers from Assam’s Silchar, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal will be in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, while Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani will be in her constituency Amethi and Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan will be in Jagatsinghpur in Odisha. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is expected to be in Jaisalmer whereas Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will listen to the programme from Patna. Union Minister General (Retd) V K Singh will be in Ghaziabad, his parliamentary constituency.

Earlier, the farmer unions, protesting at Delhi’s borders against the three new farm laws had said they are open to talks if a more concrete proposal is made. Responding to the same, the government said it is ready for “logical resolution” of all issues raised by the farmers. In a letter to 40 representatives of farmer unions, Vivek Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, urged them to decide the time and date for the next round of talks, and also “give details of other issues on which you want to negotiate”.