The PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, a basic income scheme for farmers, envisages a Budget outlay of Rs75,000 crore for 2019-20, and will provide 12 crore small and marginal farmers an amount of Rs6,000 annually. (Illustration: Shyam Kumar Prasad) Farmers are unlikely to be too overjoyed with the Rs6,000 per annum that will flow into their bank accounts, a move clearly aimed at wooing them ahead of the elections. Most agrarian experts say the NDA government has not addressed the rural distress in time.
The PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, a basic income scheme for farmers, envisages a Budget outlay […]
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