PM Kisan Yojana: State releases Rs 1007.18 crore
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai participated in the virtual event. So far 54.52 lakh farmers in the state have received at least one installment of the cash transfer.
Bengaluru: The Centre has released the 10th installment of Rs. 685 crore towards Prime Minister Kisan Yojana's scheme to Karnataka.
The scheme will be benefiting 34.26 lakh farmers in the state. Along with Centre share, the state government too released a matching grant towards the PM Kisan Yojana scheme. Total Rs. 1007.18 crores for the financial year under the Prime Minister Kisan Karnataka scheme.
Under this scheme, the state government is paying Rs4000 additional amount for the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi beneficiaries in the state.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai participated in the virtual event. So far 54.52 lakh farmers in the state have received at least one installment of the cash transfer.
So far union government has released Rs8022.69cr and the state government has paid out Rs 2850.54cr.
Union government wants the payments to be made through Adhar based Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) mode. Karnataka has topped among the states in this task of linking the Adhar of the beneficiaries and has bagged the award for this good performance.
A grant of Rs1.21cr was also released for 30 Farmers' Producers Organisations in the state on the occasion.
