Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with Naveen Thakur, a farmer of Jenjara village under Sadar block of Odisha’s Nuapada district, through videoconferencing as he released the next instalment of financial benefit under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
Thakur apprised the PM as to how he was benefited from the scheme and utilised the money for buying fertilisers, seeds and insecticides.On being asked by Modi about the Kisan Credit Card (KCC), Thakur informed him that he has availed a loan of Rs 27,000 through the card at an interest rate of mere 4 per cent. Thakur said that he earlier used to take loans from private money lenders at a hefty rate of interest of 20 per cent.