Currently, there is a lockdown to prevent coronavirus infection across the country, due to which poor farmer families are facing a shortage of money. In view of the same shortage, the Central Government made a huge relief package of Rs 1.70 lakh crore under the “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana” and under the “Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana” an installment of 2000 rupees in the first week of April to help the farmer families, The announcement was made on behalf of the government.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, 8.7 crore farmer families will be given money, out of which the government has released the installment of this financial year to about 4.91 crore farmers from March 24 to April 03. 9826 crore has been provided to 4.91 crore farmer families under it. The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar gave information about the amount given to the farmers.
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