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National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee

National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee.:

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister inaugurated the office of National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee.

  • The National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee would act as a project monitoring unit for the implementation of
    • PM-Kisan Yojana,
    • Kisan Maandhan Yojana,
    • Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and
    • other schemes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

PM-Kisan:

  • The Central Government has implemented the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme to make farmers self-reliant and to provide direct income support for agricultural expenditure.
  • Under this scheme, an amount of Rs 1.37 lakh crore has been transferred to the accounts of more than 11 crore farmer families so far.