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Ahead of Assembly elections successful 5 States, the Union Government has decided to deposit implicit ₹18,640 crore into the accounts of 9.32 crore farmers crossed the state arsenic the 22nd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Nidhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition merchandise the instalment connected Friday (March 13, 2026) from Guwahati, successful election-bound Assam.
Union Minister for Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan, announcing the merchandise date, said the determination was a reflection of the Centre’s unwavering committedness to farmers. “With the merchandise of the 22nd instalment, the full magnitude transferred volition transcend the historical milestone of ₹4.27 lakh crore,” Mr. Chouhan said, adding that, since 2019, more than ₹4.09 lakh crore has been straight transferred to the accounts of eligible husbandman families.
Under the scheme, an eligible husbandman household gets fiscal assistance of ₹6,000 per twelvemonth successful 3 adjacent instalments. “In the 22nd instalment, implicit 2.15 crore women farmers volition person fiscal assistance,” Mr. Chouhan said, and maintained that the assistance helps farmers acquisition indispensable cultivation inputs, including seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
“This volition fortify the economical information of agrarian families and supply caller momentum to women’s empowerment successful villages,” helium added.
The Minister appealed to farmers crossed the country, particularly those successful Assam and different States, to verify their presumption connected the PM-KISAN portal and implicit their e-KYC astatine the earliest.
