Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- Addressing the Haryana Assembly on the first day of the budget session, Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Tuesday said that the Government is committed to making agriculture profitable, as well as to farmers' welfare and their economic upliftment. He said that under the "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana", an amount of Rs. 4157.73 crore has been directly deposited into the accounts of 19.94 lakh farmers of the state in the last four years. Apart from this, the state government has set a unique example by procuring 14 crops at MSP.
He further stated that a sum of Rs 90,000 crore has been directly deposited into the accounts of farmers registered on the 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' portal. An amount of Rs. 836.12 crore ...