22 May. West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the Centre not to release any funds under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi without proper checking and verification of data approved by the State.
“The beneficiary list verified by the State Government needs thorough checking &verification at the level of Union Government so that any genuine beneficiary is not excluded from the benefits. Without proper checking & verification of the data of the beneficiaries as approved by the State on the part of Union Government, no further allotment should be released in the scheme,” Mr. Ghosh said in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister earlier this week.
Earlier this month, about seven lakh farmers received one instalment (₹2,000) as benefits under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for the first time since the launch of the scheme in three years. During the run-up to the State Assembly polls, senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had promised ₹18,000 (all pending instalments for three years) under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to about 70 lakh farmers in the State.
Mr. Ghosh pointed out that that West Bengal was predominantly an agrarian State with 69 lakh farmers eligible for PM Kisan benefits, but 96% of these farmers fell under the small and marginal categories, much worse than the national average of 86.2% according to the 10th Agriculture Census of 2015-16.
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