PM-Kisan scheme: PM Modi releases 8th instalment of benefit to over 9.5 crore farmers. Details here

Nearly Rs 19,000 crore has been disbursed to the bank accounts of more than 9.5 crore beneficiary farmer families as part of the eighth installment of financial benefit under the PM-Kisan scheme.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the eighth instalment of financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to eligible farmers. The prime minister also interacted with beneficiary farmers from several states via video conference. PM Modi said nearly Rs 19,000 crore has been disbursed to the bank accounts of more than 9.5 crore beneficiary farmer families across the country. He added that farmers in West Bengal have received the benefit for the first time under the scheme.