Jaipur, Aug. 3 -- At least 7.6 million farmers in Rajasthan have received a Rs.1,600 crore financial assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sammand Nidhi scheme, chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said on Saturday. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the lives of small and marginal farmers by launching the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. He has provided relief to farmers by giving fertilizer subsidies worth lakhs of crores of rupees. Under this scheme, an amount of Rs.6,800 crore has so far been transferred to the accounts of more than 7.6 million farmers of Rajasthan," Sharma said while addressing the farmers in Banswara. The event was also virtually connected to the PM Narendra Modi's Kisaan Samvaad ceremony from Varanasi from where the PM launched the 20th instalment of the PM Kisaan Samman Nidhi on Saturday. Under this latest instalment, the 7.6 million farmers received Rs.1,600 crore on Saturday, said Sharma. Prioritising the farmers development, he said, "The farmers have always remained in the core priority list of the BJP government. More than 10 thousand new FPOs have been created. E-NAM, a system of online trading for farmers, has been started. Minimum support price has been fixed by adding at least 50 percent profit on the cost. PM Fasal Bima Yojana has also been expanded by simplifying it." He added: "The amount of Kisan Samman Nidhi has been increased to Rs.9000 and there is a resolve to increase it to Rs.12000. In the year 2025-26, interest-free short-term crop loan of Rs.25 000 crore will be distributed to 35,00,000 farmers and a long-term loan of Rs.400 crore is being made available this year with 5 percent interest subsidy through land development and cooperative banks." "We have purchased about 32 lakh metric tonnes of wheat at the support price. In the same sequence, by paying a bonus of Rs.125 last year and Rs.150 this year, we have paid a bonus amount of about Rs.450 crore on the purchase of wheat," said Sharma. Sharma also said that the farmers have got support from the production of 1500 MW solar energy under Pradhan Mantri Kusum Yojana....