India, Feb. 24 -- The upcoming 19th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme will be issued on Monday to eligible farmer households.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhagalpur today, where he will release the 19th instalment of Kisan Samman Nidhi.

So far, the scheme has benefited more than 11 crore farmers through 18 installments. A total of 9.58 crore farmers received benefits in the previous installment.

Land-holding agriculture-practising families will receive income support of Rs.6,000 per year, distributed in three equal installments.

Each of these installments of Rs. 2,000 will be given every 4 months directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

Eligible family members include the husb...