PM Modi Slams Mamata Govt For Not Allowing Implementation Of PM-KISAN Scheme In West Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress government while releasing the funds for this quarter’s installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.

PM Modi transferred Rs 18,000 crore to 90 million farmers across India on Friday (25 December) as another instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi but the West Bengal farmers missed out as the Mamata government has not verified the list of beneficiaries.

According to Economic Times report, 23 lakh farmers from the state have self-registered on the central portal to avail the benefits of the scheme.

Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said, “Today, I regret that more than 70 lakh farmers from West Bengal have not been able to get the benefit. More than 23 lakh farmers of Bengal have applied online to take advantage of this scheme. But the state government has stopped the verification process for so long.”