Narendra Modi defends farm laws, attacks Opposition for misleading farmers

Amid the farmers agitation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday transferred more than Rs 18000 crore to over nine crore beneficiary farmer families with the push of a button Defending the farm laws Modi said some people were misleading the farmersThis is the seventh instalment under the PMKisan Samman Nidhi Scheme a direct benefit transfer scheme for the farmersSpeaking on the occasion Prime Minister Narendra Modi said I am satisfied that now there are no middlemen and the farmers are getting money directly Till now 110000 crore has been deposited without any cut and commission This is good governanceHe lashed out at the West Bengal government for not facilitating this programme and denying benefits to 70 lakh farmers of the state He said the state governments of different political parties in other states have however facilitated this PM Kisan SchemeEyeing on polls the Prime Minister targeted the Left parties for not doing anything in West Bengal when they were in the regime there and now have reached PunjabThe Prime Minister also targeted the political parties for using farmers and said They are trying to disturb the economy of the country and also are giving nightmares to the people of DelhiIf APMC is good then why it is not in Kerala They are doing this to remain politically relevant The online Mandis have done business of Rs one lakh croreThe government has tried to decrease the input cost of the farmers through various means The government is promoting microirrigation per drop more crop We have implemented the Swaminathan commission report The government is building infrastructure and storage near the villages said the Prime MinisterThe farmers can sell their produce on MSP anywhere in the country If the farmers are getting so many rights then what is the problem Some are saying that MSP and Mandis will be finished but after the farm laws were passed the government announced the MSP said the Prime MinisterModi also interacted with the farmers from six different states during the event The farmers shared their experiences with the PMKISAN scheme and also on various other initiatives taken by the government for the welfare of the farmersAll the senior Ministers including Amit Shah Rajnath Singh Nitin Gadkari Piyush Goyal and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar were also present on the occasion at different placesThe PMKisan Samman Nidhi Scheme was launched in February last year It is a Central scheme with 100 per cent funding from the Central government Under the PMKISAN scheme a financial benefit of Rs 6000 per year is provided to the eligible beneficiary farmers payable in three equal fourmonthly instalments of Rs 2000 eachThe income support is being provided to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding or ownership of up to two hectares initially but has been extended to all farmers in all the states except West Bengal The state governments and the UT administrations identify the farmer families which are eligible for support as per the scheme guidelinesThe amount is directly transferred into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries through the direct benefit transfer DBT modeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever