Tag: PM KISAN SCHEME

The Assam government has informed the Gauhati High Court that a total of 12 lakh ineligible farmers in the state have received benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. The court was hearing a plea filed by NGO Amguri Naba Nirman Samity. The division bench comprising justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia asked the state government to file a close status report on the case. Nearly 12 lakh ineligible farmers received benefits under the ambitious scheme in Assam, the government has informed the HC indicating an enormous scam within the farmer flagship program. “The state has filed an affidavit wherein it's verified that over eleven lakh persons are wrongly given the good thing about the aforesaid scheme,” the HC order given on Tuesday ...