The August Kranti day is set to transform the lives of farmers as on August 9 (Monday), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will transfer over Rs 4,720 crore among over 2.36 crore farmers of UP under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
Under the scheme, Rs 2,000 will be given to each farmer for the months of August, September, October and November. The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries, a government spokesman said here on Monday.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana of the Central government, around 18 lakh farmers have been given Rs 32,500 crore. These farmers include those who have received the funds for one time and also those who have received it for eight times in a row.
“The 9th installment of the scheme will be released on Monday,” the official said, adding that more than two crore farmers were associated with the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and a compensation of Rs 2,208 crore had been given to more than 25.60 lakh farmers under this scheme.
He said for the first time more than 433.86 lakh metric tons of food grains had been procured by the government and more than Rs 78,000 crore had been paid to 78,23,357 farmers.
“So far, crop loans amounting to Rs 3,58,000 crore have been distributed to the farmers. The government has also waived loans amounting to Rs 36,000 crore of 86 lakh small and marginal farmers,” he said.
The official said that a record payment of Rs.6,80,708 crore had been made to the farmers by the state government under various heads.
“If the steps taken by the government in the interest of farmers and the amount given under various heads are added, then this amount can reach up to Rs 10 lakh crore,” he said.
The official said that over 45.74 lakh sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh had been paid a record cane price of more than Rs 1,40,000 crore between 2017-2021 and this showed the pro-farmer stance of the government.
“Uttar Pradesh now ranks first in sugar production in the country. New sugar mills have started production. The capacity of the closed Ramala Sugar Mill was increased and the mill was made operational. The closed sugar mills of Sambhal and Saharanpur are also operating now. Apart from this, the capacity of 11 private mills was also increased. Venus, Daya and Wave sugar mills were made operational again after being closed for about eight years. Ethanol plants were set up in Sathianv and Najibabad cooperative mills,” he said.