New Delhi, August 9

PM Narendra Modi today released the ninth installment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), enabling the transfer of more than Rs 19,500 crore to more than 9.75 crore beneficiaries.

“The work that we have done in pulses or in the past wheat and rice, the same resolve we have to take in the case of production of oil seeds in order to make the country self-sufficient,” the PM said. He added that world famous saffron of J&K would now be available at Nafed outlets. — TNS