Karnal, Aug. 3 -- An amount of Rs.353 crore was transferred directly to the accounts of 16.77 lakh farmers under the 20th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme across the state, said Haryana agriculture minister Shyam Singh Rana. The announcement was made during a special event held at National Dairy Research In (NDRI) by Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Karnal, coinciding with Prime Minister's address from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. A direct telecast of the Prime Minister's programme was organised at the NDRI auditorium, where a large number of farmers and their families gathered from the region. Rana said 80,794 farmers from Karnal district alone received Rs.18 crore. htc...