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PM-KISAN: How it works, and why Mamata's Bengal is the only state out of it

Unlike Ayushman Bharat, where states have a 40% premium liability per beneficiary family, PM-KISAN Yojana is a 100% central assistance scheme. Why then is Mamata Banerjee unsure about joining?

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The central government has so far exhibited a serious intention to turn around the unattractive agriculture profession.

7 min read Last Updated : Oct 13 2020 | 1:17 PM IST

With the Assembly elections knocking at the door, the West Bengal chief minister is now projecting herself as being accommodative of pro-people central government policies. But if her stand in respect of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat), is looked at, it will be seen that she is imposing her conditions upon the central government for joining the schemes.

On September 9, the chief minister wrote to the Union agriculture minister expressing her desire to be an intermediary for the farmers as a condition to join the PM-KISAN. The Centre earlier

Topics : Mamata Banerjee PM Kisan Yojana Narendra Modi BJP TMC farm crisis

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