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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the instalment has been specially prioritised for farmers successful the 3 States who person been severely affected by caller floods and landslides.
The Union authorities has expedited the merchandise of the 21st instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, which is owed by December, for farmers successful flood-hit Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan distributed ₹2,000 nether the strategy to astir 27 lakh farmers connected Friday (September 26, 2025).
Mr. Chouhan said the instalment has been specially prioritised for farmers successful the 3 States who person been severely affected by caller floods and landslides. “A full of much than ₹540 crore has been straight transferred into the slope accounts of implicit 27 lakh farmers, including astir 2.7 lakh women farmers, crossed the 3 States. This enactment aims to supply timely alleviation to farmers arsenic they enactment to retrieve from the caller calamities,” a authorities merchandise said.
He added that the ₹2,000 volition assistance farmers conscionable contiguous household needs, procure seeds and fertilizers for the adjacent sowing cycle, and reconstruct their assurance to resume cultivation. He said it was a reassurance that the authorities cares for each husbandman and that nary 1 volition beryllium near down successful their conflict against earthy adversities.
The Centre had besides announced alleviation measures, including fiscal assistance of ₹1,500 crore, ₹1,600 crore, and ₹1,200 crore for Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, respectively, successful summation to ex gratia for families of the deceased and the injured.
“With this release, the cumulative disbursement nether PM-KISAN to the 3 States has crossed ₹13,626 crore since the motorboat of the strategy connected February 24, 2019,” the Union Agriculture Ministry said.
