Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 14th installment of PM-Kisan Yojana in Sikar, Rajasthan on 27 July 2023. Prime minister Narendra Modi is on a two day (27-28 July) official visit to Rajasthan and Gujarat and also launched various projects in Sikar, Rajasthan.
In a program organised by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Prime Minister Modi dedicated 1.25 lakh PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendra (PM-KSK) to the nation and launched Sulphur Coated Urea (Urea Gold).
In the same event, launched the onboarding of over 1600 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated 5 medical colleges at Dholpur, Chittorgarh, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Sikar in Rajasthan. Along with this, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of 7 other medical colleges to be built in the state.
In this program, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated 6 Eklavya Model Residential Schools in Rajasthan and one Kendriya Vidyalaya at Tinwari in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan.
PM-Kisan is one of the largest direct benefit transfer schemes in the world.
PM-Kisan was launched on February 24, 2019 with the objective of meeting the financial needs of land holding farmers.
A financial benefit of Rs.6000/- per annum is transferred through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode to the bank accounts of farming families across the country in three equal instalments every four months.
The PM-Kisan scheme was initially meant for small and marginal farmers (SMFs) with land holdings up to 2 hectares, but later the scheme was extended to cover all landholding farmers.
Governor of Rajasthan: Kalraj Mishra