21st PM-KISAN payout reaches 15.8 lakh farmers in Haryana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released the 21st instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme from Coimbatore, with Rs 316.38 crore transferred directly to the bank accounts of 15.82 lakh farmers in Haryana.

From Coimbatore, Modi released more than Rs 18,000 crore under the instalment for around nine crore farmers nationwide. Under PM-KISAN, each eligible farmer family receives Rs 6,000 a year in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 through Direct Benefit Transfer into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts.

In Haryana, a state-level event was held in Palwal district, where Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was the chief guest. Similar programmes were organised across all districts and attended by Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and local representatives.

Saini thanked the Prime Minister on behalf of the state’s farmers and said Rs 14.86 crore was credited on Wednesday to 74,299 farmers in Palwal alone. According to an official statement, the cumulative amount released to farmers in Haryana under PM-KISAN has now reached Rs 7,233.74 crore with the 21st instalment.

Addressing the gathering in Palwal, Saini urged farmers to diversify beyond traditional cultivation, adopt value-added crops, set up processing units, implement the farm-to-fork model, and promote agri-tourism and branding.