Over 5k farmers to take part in PM's kisan samman event today
Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute this instalment online from Varanasi. Union agriculture and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be the chief guest in Patna.
Sinha said more than 5,000 farmers, scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendras, agriculture department officials and krishak mitras from all the 38 districts of the state will participate in the Patna event, where the amount of the scheme will be transferred to the bank accounts of 74,00,000 farmers in the state.
He said more than 73.88 lakh farmers of the state have benefited from the scheme. The transparent system of sending funds directly to the bank accounts of farmers through this scheme has strengthened their economic stability, he said.
Sinha said the development works related to agriculture road map, crop diversification, water-life-greenery, agricultural mechanisation, agricultural feeders and rural paths will be showcased in the programme.
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