Lakhs of farmers happy after taking PM Kisan's decision, now 300 crores will be received in this state

My crop my details: The Haryana government had decided to give a bonus of Rs 2,000 per acre on horticultural crops. Under this, a total bonus of Rs 1300 crore is to be released by the government.

Haryana Govt Scheme For Farmers: In order to empower the farmers financially, different schemes are being operated by the state governments besides the Center. PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana is the most ambitious scheme of the central government, under which farmers are given 6000 rupees annually. A similar scheme is also run by every government for the farmers. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini released an installment of Rs 300 crore as bonus for the farmers of the state on the occasion of 'Guru Nanak Jayanti'.

Rs 496 crore was transferred as the first installment

The official statement said that money was directly transferred to the bank accounts of 2.62 lakh farmers. Saini said that the state government had decided to give a bonus of Rs 2,000 per acre on agricultural and horticultural crops grown in the state due to adverse weather conditions during Kharif-2024, keeping the interest of farmers above. On August 16, the Chief Minister transferred the bonus amount of Rs 496 crore as the first installment to the accounts of 5.80 lakh farmers through DBT.

Saini, who has so far released two installments as bonus, said that the bonus money will be given to all such farmers who have registered on the 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' portal. A total of Rs 1,380 crore is to be given to the farmers. He said that two installments have been released so far as bonus. As the third installment, an amount of Rs 580 crore will be transferred to the bank accounts of the remaining 4.94 lakh farmers in the next 10 to 15 days through DBT.

In yet another initiative for farmers, the chief minister also launched the distribution of 40 lakh "soil health cards" through WhatsApp to address the problem arising due to delay in printing of cards. Due to delay in card distribution, farmers were not able to implement the recommendations on time. He said that now as soon as the result of soil test is uploaded on the online portal, soil health cards will be sent directly to the mobile number of farmers through WhatsApp.