PM Narendra Modi launches Rs 75,000-crore farmer scheme in Gorakhpur

PM Modi noted that the government wanted to empower farmers at all levels in order to double their income by 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers, as he slammed the opposition alleging they "remember farmers once in 10 years -- just before elections".

Initiating the electronic transfer of Rs 2,000 each, he said the first instalment of money under the scheme has been deposited in accounts of 10.1 million farmers and those who have been left out will get it soon.

"The first instalment of money under the scheme has been deposited in the bank accounts of the farmers directly...those