Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Wednesday, this time from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
The event will be streamed across the country, with thousands of farmers expected to tune in as the Prime Minister interacts with beneficiaries.
Gandhinagar to host state ceremony
While the national launch takes place down south, Gujarat will also hold a programme in Gandhinagar. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will lead the event, joined by Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani. Selected farmers will receive approval letters for PM-KISAN along with benefits under other agriculture and horticulture schemes.
Vaghani said the upcoming instalment will reach nine crore farmers nationwide, amounting to Rs 18,000 crore in direct transfers. Of this, Rs 986 crore will land in the accounts of 49.31 lakh farmer families in Gujarat.
Agri institutes to livestream the PM’s address
Krishi Vigyan Kendras, ICAR centres, and agricultural universities across India will also hold local gatherings. Officials, farmers and representatives from rural bodies are expected to attend and watch the address together.
PM-KISAN’s growing footprint
PM-KISAN, launched in 2019, has become one of the country’s largest direct benefit transfer programmes. The scheme provides Rs 6,000 a year to eligible farmers in three instalments. So far, more than Rs 3.91 lakh crore has been transferred directly into farmer bank accounts across 20 instalments.
Gujarat’s farmers have received over Rs 21,000 crore through earlier payouts, according to state officials, who say the regular support has helped families manage seasonal expenses without depending heavily on informal loans.
What the scheme aims to do
The programme was designed to offer assured income support to small and marginal farmers so they can meet crop-related and household needs. The money reaches farmers without intermediaries, which officials say is one of the reasons it scaled up so quickly.