NEW DELHI, 25 February, 2021 (TON): On Wednesday, Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare urged the states to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries under the flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) of the Modi-government are covered.

The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 February, 2019 from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.

While addressing a program on completion of two years of PM-Kisan, the Union minister informed since the inception of the scheme, Rs 1, 15,638.87 crores has been transferred to more than 10.75 crore beneficiaries.

The financial benefit of Rs 6,000 is transferred by the Central government in three four-monthly installments of Rs 2,000 each over the year directly into the bank accounts of the eligible farmers under the direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode.

Praising the hard work of the farmers, he said regardless of the adversity the hard work of the farmers has the potential to get the country out of any crisis.

The Centre has approved an annual budgetary provision of Rs 65,000 crore for the scheme for the financial year 2020-21.

Speaking about the sufficient budgetary allocation under the scheme, Tomar requested the state governments to run campaigns for the registration of the beneficiaries in their states so that not a single needy farmer remains deprived of the benefits of this scheme.

On the occasion, Tomar, who is also the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, and Food Processing Industries, awarded the top-performing states and districts for their exemplary work with respect to the implementation of the PM-Kisan scheme.