Farmers Receive Rs 19,500 Crore Under PM-KISAN Scheme: Govt

PM Modi deposited about Rs.19,500 crore under the PM-KISAN scheme to over 9.75 crore farmers and interacted with the recipients across the country virtually on August 9. So far, nine installments amounting to Rs 1.57 lakh crore have been transferred to the farmer families under the scheme, the government data revealed. The scheme was announced under the Union Budge of 2019 which has benefitted around 11 crore farmers.