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PM Modi releases 19th instalment of PM-KISAN scheme in Bhagalpur


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the 19th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme from Bihar’s Bhagalpur.

Assembly elections in Bihar are due later this year.

To oversee preparations for the PM’s visit, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, arrived in the state on Sunday and interacted with farmers cultivating foxnuts, to draw a plan for the much talked about “Makhana board” announced in the recent budget.

Chouhan had said the PM’s function, “Will have an impact on the entire country as 9.80 crore farmers will be getting Rs 22,700 crore as yet another instalment of Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana”.

Elaborate security arrangements had been put in place in view of the PM’s visit. Bhagalpur District Magistrate Nawal Kishor Choudhary, SSP Hriday Kant and other senior officers had inspected the main venue, parking arrangements and overall security measures.

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Several Union ministers, MPs and MLAs and officials of the state as well as Central ministries also attended the function.



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