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How Farm Loan Waiver Data Helped Modi Roll Out PM Kisan In Eight Days
Farmers in Uttar Pradesh have so far been the biggest beneficiaries of PM Kisan.
16 Mar 2019, 12:01 AM IST ![NDTV Profit](/icons/feather-without-circle.svg)
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![A farmer holds a millet plant for a photograph in a field on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)](https://media.assettype.com/bloombergquint%2F2018-03%2F81109872-8b17-4f19-badc-d600841a4f9c%2Ffb698174-adf2-4177-98f3-5a59ae7a6cc9.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C4000%2C2250&auto=format%2Ccompress&w=200)
A farmer holds a millet plant for a photograph in a field on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Nothing gets a government scheme faster off the ground than an election. It took eight days for one crore farmers to be identified as beneficiaries of the Modi government’s PM Kisan Scheme, and for a total Rs 2,000 crore to be paid out to them.This data and logistical achievement was helped in part by states that already had detailed land records on hand, and a multi-step verification system involving the Public Financial Management ...
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