12 crore farmers benefited from PM-Kisan, 2.5 core in UP alone: Radha Mohan Singh
The Hindu
Speaking at the Kisan Samman Samaroh at the Deen Dayal Veterinary University, he said a total of Rs 1.60 lakh crore has been spent on the scheme so far.
Twelve crore farmers have benefited so far from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and 2.5 crore of them are from Uttar Pradesh, BJP national vice president Radha Mohan Singh said Friday.
Speaking at the Kisan Samman Samaroh organised at the Deen Dayal Veterinary University here, he said a total of Rs 1.60 lakh crore has been spent on the scheme so far.
He said, "2.5 crore farmers also benefited in Uttar Pradesh under the Kisan Samman Nidhi." While felicitating 71 farmers from Mathura, the former Union minister also said sugarcane-growers were paid Rs 1.43 lakh crore in Uttar Pradesh.
Naidu and Jagan frittered away chance to develop the State, says Y.S. Sharmila. While the former Chief Minister left the farmers who parted with their lands for the capital project in the lurch, his successor proposed three capitals as a part of his government’s decentralisation move but failed to set up even one, alleges the APCC chief. The BJP too contributed its part in betraying the State, she says. Special Category Status (SCS) is the panacea for all the existing problems of the State, she adds.