On September 25, 2020, on the occasion of birth anniversary of late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ji, Madhya Pradesh government launched a new scheme for assisting farmers across the state. CMO Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurated the launch of ‘Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana’ in the state. Under this scheme, the farmers will be provided a financial assistance of Rs. 4000/- in 2 equal instalments in a year. This scheme can be availed by the farmers registered under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. The registered were availing a financial assistance of Rs. 6,000 under the scheme, now they will get an additional assistance of Rs. 4,000 under Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana.
Schemes lunched by Madhya Pradesh government
Scheme Overview:
Scheme name: | Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana |
Scheme by: | Madhya Pradesh Government |
Launched by: | CMO Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chauhan |
Launch Date: | September 25, 2020 |
Main Beneficiaries: | Farmers across the state |
Benefit: | Financial assistance of Rs. 4000/- |
Major Objective: | To provide assistance to the farmers in the state |
Scheme Objectives and Benefits:
- The main objective of the scheme is to benefit the farming sector
- It aims at providing Rs. 4000 in 2 equal installments of Rs. 2000/- each to the farmer’s account
- The farmers will get the benefit directly in their bank account
- The process is simplified for the farmers
- Farmers registered under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme will get the benefit under this scheme in addition to the previous assistance received
- This will lessen the financial burden on the farmers
Scheme Details:
- Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana is launched by the Madhya Pradesh government on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ji
- The farmers will now get the benefit under the Central Government’s PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana as well as State’s Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana.
- Under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, the farmers are getting Rs. 6000/- annually
- And now they will be provided an assistance of Rs. 4000/- under this scheme. In total the farmers will now get the benefit of Rs. 10,000/-
- This assistance of Rs. 4000 will be provided to the farmers in 2 equal installments of Rs. 2000 every year
- In the first phase of the scheme, 5 lakh 70 thousand farmers will be benefited under the scheme
- About 77 lakh farmers in the state are registered under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and almost each of the farmer will get the benefit in the long run
- This is a big announcement made by the state government for the farmers in the state.