Vimukti Pothnal organized training and
awareness program to all the Community leaders’ at VCT Premises. LK
Campaign facilitator initiated the CL members for registering
eligible farmers in the villages under Paradhan Mantri Kissan Samman
Nidhi Scheme. Speaking on the training, he said that the benefits of
the scheme should be ensured to every eligible farmer in our
targeted pockets; hence the process of registering farmers must be
started through the village accountants, PDOs, Raitha Sampark
Kendras and through the concerned horticulture department officers.
Further he said some of the famers have already registered and due
to lack of information about the scheme getting delayed. To tap this
scheme you should have Aadhar card, bank account details, and record
of rights etc. once you registered under this scheme farmers will
get sum of Rs. 6,000/- which will be credited to their bank accounts
directly in three equal installments of Rs. 2,000/- . The farmers
whose husband/wife is a government servant or public sector
organizations or pensioners getting more than Rs. 10,000/- pension
are also not eligible for the benefits of the scheme and other
related issues were discussed and getting clarified by the
beneficiaries during the training. Nearly 79 farmers got benefited
from this program.