PM-KISAN scheme: Mallikarjun Kharge claims number of beneficiaries decreasing with every instalment
New Delhi, Nov 21: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the Modi government over the PM-KISAN scheme, alleging that the number of beneficiary farmers has gone down with every instalment.
Kharge posted a graph on Twitter elucidating his point.
"It is the policy of the Modi government to take away the rights of farmers who provide food! There was big talk about benefiting 14.5 crore farmers from the much talked about PM-KISAN scheme," Kharge said in a tweet in Hindi.
The truth is that instalment after instalment, the number of beneficiary farmers went on decreasing, he said.
"Mr. Modi, by taking away the rights of the farmers, who are you benefitting," the Congress president asked.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), eligible farmers are provided with a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each every four months. The funds are directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
PM-KISAN is a central sector scheme with 100 per cent funding from the central government. State governments and union territory administrations identify the farmer families that are eligible for support as per the scheme guidelines.
अन्नदाता किसानों के अधिकार छीनना मोदी सरकार की नीति है !
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) November 21, 2022
बहुचर्चित PM-KISAN योजना से 14.5 Cr किसानों को फ़ायदा पहुँचाने की बड़ी-बड़ी बातें कही गई थी।
सच्चाई ये है कि किश्त दर किश्त लाभार्थी किसान कम होते चले गए !
मोदी जी,
किसानों का हक़ छीन, आप किसे फायदा पहुंचा रहें हैं ? pic.twitter.com/TOTbE80lpA
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Firing outside home: One more member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested
Mumbai (PTI): The Mumbai Police have arrested one more member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence here last month, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as Harpal Singh (34), a resident of Fatehabad in Haryana, was apprehended by a team of the Mumbai crime branch from his hometown on Monday evening, an official said.
Singh was brought to Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday and will be produced before a court later in the day, he said.
This is the sixth arrest in connection with the firing incident.
Two motorcycle-borne persons opened fire outside Khan's residence at the Galaxy Apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area on April 14 and fled the spot.
Singh's name surfaced during the interrogation of accused Mohammed Rafique Chowdhary, another Bishnoi gang member who was arrested earlier this month in the firing case, the official said.
Singh had asked Chowdhary to conduct a recce around Khan's residence and also gave Rs 2-3 lakh to him, the police said.
Lawrence Bishnoi, currently lodged in the Sabarmati central prison in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi, who is believed to be in the US or Canada, have been named in the firing case.
