Shimla: On completion of eight years at the Center, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday transferred around Rs 21,000 crore to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.
The Prime Minister also interacted with the beneficiaries of the scheme across the country while attending Garib Kalyan Sammelan organised to mark the completion of eight years of the government.
Interacting with Ladakh’s Tashi Tundup the Prime Minister talked about the arrival of tourists in Ladakh and his experience with the government schemes.
Tundup said he did not face problems in availing the benefits of schemes.
The Prime Minister also interacted with Lalita Devi from Bihar who is a beneficiary of PMAY, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Jal Jeevan Mission. She said that the schemes led to her ease of living and dignified life.
“With a house many things like education and marriage of the children will fall in place,” the Prime Minister said.
From West Tripura, Pankaj Shani, the beneficiary of Ek Rashtra Ek Rashan Card, PM Garib Kalyan, and many other schemes informed that he got the benefits of many schemes like JJM, ONORC, PMAY, and electricity connection.
He informed that due to the One Nation One Ration Card he is not having any problems despite his migration from Bihar.
From Kalburgi of Karnataka, Santoshi, a beneficiary of Ayushman Bharat, said the Health and Wellness Centre and free checkups and medicines were bringing many changes in her life.
“Now the government is working for the people. Be it PM housing schemes, scholarships, or pension schemes, with the help of technology, the scope of corruption has been minimized,” he said.
He said that the government is trying to “give a permanent solution to the problems which were earlier assumed to be permanent”.
Direct Benefit Transfer put an end to the injustice of pilferage and leakage by removing 9 crore fake names from the benefit rolls, he added.