PM Kisan Saman Nidhhi

10pointer20 Oct, 2022Education

10POINTER- The Prime Minister of India released the 12th installment of financial benefit worth 16,000 crore to over 11 crore eligible farmers under the flagship PM-KISAN scheme. About PM-KISAN scheme The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKISAN) was launched from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on 24 February 2019 to supplement financial needs of land holding farmers. It is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India. Under the scheme financial assistance of Rs.6000 per annum is provided to all landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria relating to higher income strata.