BJP government rains cash incentives in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

Hikes Kisan Samman Nidhi to Rs 6,000; Rs 6,456 cr transferred to farmers

ITDC INIDA EPRESS/ ITDC NEWS:  BJP government in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, continues to rain cash incentives upon people from different walks of life. On Tuesday, Chouhan hiked the Mukhyamantri Kisan Samman Nidhi for farmers to Rs 6,000 per year from Rs 4,000.

This amount is paid to farmers in the state in addition to the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 6000 per year, as minimum income support. So now, the farmers in Madhya Pradesh will get Rs 12,000 per year under the Samman Nidhi scheme.

The announcement was made at ‘Kisan Kalyan Mahakumbh’ – a convention of farmers organised in Rajgarh in the presence of Union Minister Rajnath Singh. The chief minister also announced a further relaxation in the flagship Laadli Behna scheme, saying that the women from families owing tractors will now be eligible for the Rs 1,000 cash assistance. Earlier, tractors were included in the category of four-wheelers, the ownership of which by their families made women ineligible for the scheme.

On the occasion, as much as Rs 6,456 crore were transferred to accounts of farmers under various heads. This included Rs 2,123 crore to 11 lakh defaulter farmers as loan interest waiver, Rs 2,933 crore to 44.49 lakh farmers under the PM Crop Insurance scheme and Rs 1,400 crore to 70.61 lakh farmers under CM Farmers’ Welfare (Kisan Kalyan) scheme.