PM Modi releases 15th instalment of PM-KISAN, hits out at previous govts
Hindustan TimesPrime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released the 15th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme at the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ event in Jharkhand’s Khumti and hit out at the previous regime saying that the basic needs of deprived people were ignored before his government took charge in 2014. The government back then also had a parent like mentality towards people, but we acted as people’s servant and worked accordingly….Modi gave such deprived people priority because I have lived in such situations and that is why I have come to the land of Birsa Munda today to pay my debt.” “We stood by them and although the bureaucracy, people, files and laws remained the same, we changed the mentality and the outcomes also changed,” he added. The PM on Tuesday also launched the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ and Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Development Mission at the same event. Under the scheme, the government provides income support of ₹6,000 a year to farmers with a valid enrolment, paid in three equal cash transfers of ₹2,000—one every four months For the release of the 15th instalment, eKYC and seeding of Aadhaar with active bank accounts are mandatory to ensure that the benefit is released to the genuine beneficiaries directly into their Aadhaar linked bank accounts without any involvement of middlemen.