PM Kisan: The amount of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana will be transferred to the farmers' account on 31st May. The Agriculture Ministry has told that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 11th installment of Rs 21,000 crore on May 31 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme for farmers. Direct money will be transferred to the bank accounts of more than 10 crore farmers.

The Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that Prime Minister Modi will release the 11th installment of this scheme in Shimla , Himachal Pradesh. As a part of 'Garib Kalyan Sammelan', he will also interact with the people benefiting from 16 schemes and programs of the Central Government through video conference.

A national program named Garib Kalyan Sammelan is being organized under 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. The statement said that the Prime Minister will release the 11th installment of Rs 21,000 crore under the Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. On the other hand, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will attend this program from Pusa campus in Delhi.

Under the PM-Kisan scheme, an amount of Rs 6,000 is given annually to eligible farmer families, which is distributed in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each. This amount is directly deposited in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. On January 1, the Prime Minister had released the 10th installment of more than Rs 20,000 crore, which benefited more than 10 crore farmer families.

The Agriculture Ministry said that this is the biggest single program ever in the country, under which nationwide consultations will be held in all the districts of the country and Prime Minister Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of various schemes. The program will be telecast live on Doordarshan's national and regional channels. Apart from this, it will also be webcast through mygovt.in. This program can also be seen on other social media mediums.