Agartala, Aug. 2 -- Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha today marked the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of the 20th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in a ceremonial event here at the State Agricultural Research Centre.
He said a total of Rs 45.43 crore has been successfully credited to the bank accounts of 2.84 lakh farmers in the state under the scheme. The event organised the symbolic transfer ceremony to recognise and honour the state's hard-working farmers in the name of the national event held at Banuali in Varanasi.
In the national event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally launched the disbursement of installments and transferred Rs 20,500 crore to the bank accounts of approximately 9.70 cror...