PM Modi transfers Rs 22,000 cr to bank accounts of 9.8 cr farmers under 19th installment of PM Kisan scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday transferred Rs 22,000 crore to bank accounts of 9.8 crore farmers under 19th installment of PM Kisan scheme, in Bihar's Bhagalpur.

Assembly elections in Bihar are due later this year.To oversee preparations for the PM's visit, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, arrived in the state on Sunday and interacted with farmers cultivating foxnuts, to draw a plan for the much talked about "Makhana board" announced in the recent budget.

Chouhan had said the PM's function, "Will have an impact on the entire country as 9.80 crore farmers will be getting Rs 22,700 crore as yet another instalment of Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana".


Elaborate security arrangements had been put in place in view of the PM's visit. Bhagalpur District Magistrate Nawal Kishor Choudhary, SSP Hriday Kant and other senior officers had inspected the main venue, parking arrangements and overall security measures.

Several Union ministers, MPs and MLAs and officials of the state as well as Central ministries also attended the function.