New Delhi:
The stronger the farmers become, the more prosperous New India would be, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday and asserted that the 'PM Kisan Samman Nidhi' and other agriculture-related schemes are giving new strength to crores of tillers.
Taking to Twitter, the prime minister shared a graphic which stated that ₹ 1.82 lakh crore have directly been transferred to the bank accounts of 11.3 crore farmers.
The graphic stated the benefits farmers received under the 'PM Kisan Samman Nidhi' and other agriculture-related schemes.
“The country is proud of our farmer brothers and sisters. The stronger they become, the more prosperous the New India will be. I am happy that PM Kisan Samman Nidhi and other schemes related to agriculture are giving new strength to crores of farmers in the country,” PM Modi said in a tweet in Hindi.