PM releases 3rd installment of Rs 2000 to 6 crore beneficiaries under PM KISAN

Rs 12000 crore deposited under the 3rd tranche of the scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 3rd installment of PM Kisan (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) of Rs 2000 for the period December 2019 - March 2020. This will benefit approximately 6 crore beneficiaries. Prime Minister will also hand over Certificates to beneficiaries under PM Kisan from 8 States / UTs. Prime Minister also handed over the keys of Deep Sea fishing Vessels and Fishing Vessel Transponders to select farmers of Tamil Nadu.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that it is a great privilege for him to see Annadata - our peasant brothers and sisters, in the new year, the beginning of a new decade. On behalf of 130 crore countrymen, the Prime Minister thanked the country's farmers for their toil.

The Prime Minister said the money under the PM-Kisan scheme has been distributed directly into the personal accounts of nearly 6 crore Farmers in the country. Prime Minister said a total of Rs 12 Thousand crore has been deposited under the 3rd tranche of the scheme.

He hoped that the States that haven't implemented the 'PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana', will do it and political parties will rise over politics to help the farmers in their States.

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