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A farmer of West Bengal's Nadia district, who "mistakenly" crossed over to Bangladesh while working on farmland at the international border, returned home on Saturday after 15 months in the neighbouring country, officials said. ....
A Trinamool minister handed out signed letters by Mamata Banerjee to farmers blaming the Central government for delaying the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi fund. The BJP workers, however, blamed Mamata Banerjee for taking credit of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna. ....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the 8th instalment of PM-KISAN income support totalling over Rs 20,000 crore to 95 million farmers. Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred directly to the bank accounts of eligible farmers, payable in three equal four-monthly instalments of Rs 2,000 each. The scheme was launched in February 2019 but was implemented with effect from December 2018. However, this was for the first time that the benefits reached the farmers of West Bengal as about 703,000 of them got Rs 2,000 each. “Today, the first instalment has reached the farmers of Bengal. As the names of farmers from the state are received by the central government, the number of beneficiary farmers will increase,” the prime minister said after releasing the financial benefit at a virtual event. ....
Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait said the government will have to pay heed to farmers issues. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait today said he would hold a meeting with farmers on March 13 in Kolkata, West Bengal. We are going to Kolkata on March 13. We will speak with farmers there about their concerns and ask if their produce are being bought at MSP or not, Mr Tikait said while visiting Bala Sahib Dialysis Hospital in Delhi. The government has gone to Kolkata. They will return in one and a half month. We are also going there. We will meet the government there only, he added. ....
To Satisfy Her Ego Mamata Banerjee Deprived Bengal Farmers Of PM Kisan Scheme Benefits: J P Nadda J P Nadda, while attending the final round of the month-long Krishak Suraksha Abhiyan of the party, said people of the state have made up their mind to bid namaste and tata to Banerjee. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-06T15:30:15+05:30 To Satisfy Her Ego Mamata Banerjee Deprived Bengal Farmers Of PM Kisan Scheme Benefits: J P Nadda outlookindia.com 2021-02-06T15:34:49+05:30 Also read Launching a scathing attack on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday alleged that the farmers of the state were deprived of the benefits of PM Kisan scheme as the Trinamool Congress supremo did not allow to run the scheme to satisfy her ego. ....