PM to release 18th instalment of ₹20K crore under PM-KISAN; Maha farmers to get add'l ₹2K crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release ₹20,000 crore as the 18th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme on Saturday, benefiting over 9.4 crore farmers. The total disbursed under the scheme will exceed ₹3.45 lakh crore since its launch in 2019.

Maharashtra farmers will receive an additional ₹2,000 crore under the state's Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana.

Maharashtra has received about ₹32,000 crore in 17 instalments, benefiting around 1.20 crore farmers, the second highest among all states.

Around 91.51 lakh farmers in Maharashtra will receive over ₹1,900 crore in the 18th instalment.

Modi will also launch an indigenous sex-sorted semen production technology, aimed at reducing costs by approximately ₹200 per dose.

Five solar parks with 19 MW capacity will be dedicated under the MSKVY 2.0 scheme, providing farmers daytime electricity and additional income through land leasing.

The event will see the dedication of 9,200 Farmer Producers Organisations (FPOs) and e-distribution of awards for 3,000 MW under the KUSUM-C scheme.

Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan, Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis will attend the event.

Around 2.5 crore farmers will participate through webcasts at various centres nationwide. States and UTs will celebrate the day as PM-KISAN Utsav Divas.