Haryana's 20 lakh farmers get Rs 340 crore Samman Nidhi | 18 Oct 2022

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On October 17, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 12th installment of Rs 2,000 to about 20 lakh farmers of Haryana and gave the benefit of Samman Nidhi of Rs 340 crore.

Key Point

• It is known that the farmers of the state are being given financial assistance from the Central Government for farming under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi' scheme since 2018 and earlier the farmers of Haryana have received an amount of Rs 3754.67 crore in 11 installments.
• It is noteworthy that Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi is one of the important schemes of the Government of India. Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to small and marginal farmers who have less than two hectares (4.9 acres) of land.
• Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal said that 97 percent of the farmers of Haryana have directly benefited from the PM Kisan Yojana.
• He said that farmers are given six thousand rupees annually under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme. It is paid in three installments of two thousand rupees each. This money is being transferred directly to the farmers' account by the government.
• The first installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi was released in February 2019. After this, the second installment was released on April 2, 2019, the third installment on August 2019, the fourth installment on January 2020, the fifth installment on April 1, 2020. Similarly, the sixth installment has been released on August 1, 2020, seventh installment December 2020, eighth installment on April 1, 2021, ninth installment on August 9, 2021, 10th installment on January 2022, 11th installment on May 2022 and now 12^th installment on October 17, 2022.
• It is known that PM Modi has transferred Samman Nidhi of Rs 16,000 crore directly to the bank accounts of more than 12 crore annadatas of the country while giving diwali gift.