PM KISAN allocation came down since a state govt doesn't want its farmers to benefit: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Replying to the Budget debate in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the rationalisation in the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi's allocation, a direct transfer scheme for the farmers, had happened owing to non-availability of the list of beneficiaries from the state of West Bengal. FM said that approximately 69 lakh farmers from West Bengal hadn't received any benefits because the state government did not provide the beneficiaries' list.