Chandigarh, May 14: Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today welcomed the decision of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi to release the eighth installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in the accounts of 9.5 crore farmers of the country through video conferencing.  This will benefit lakhs of farmers of Haryana also, he said.

The Chief Minister stated that this scheme, launched 32 months ago, is a revolutionary step in the interest of farmers as it transfers Rs 2000 directly to the accounts of the farmer every four months so that they can make timely procurement of seeds and other agricultural inputs for sowing their crops.  He said that today an amount of Rs 19,000 crores has been transferred to the accounts of the farmers of the country.  It shows that the Central Government is indeed moving towards realizing the vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' by uplifting the farmers.