Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver a significant gift to farmers across the nation ahead of Raksha Bandhan. During his visit to Varanasi on August 2, PM Modi will release the 20th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, transferring over Rs 20,500 crore directly into the accounts of 9.7 crore eligible farmers.
Uttar Pradesh alone will see more than 2.3 crore farmers receive Rs 4,600 crore, including Rs 48 crore to 2.21 lakh farmers in Varanasi.
Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, all eligible farmers receive equal installments of annual assistance. Every landholding farmer family gets Rs 6,000 per year, distributed in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each, according to a release by the Uttar Pradesh government.
On August 2, Prime Minister Modi will address a public meeting at Banouli village in the Sevapuri block of Varanasi. From the event venue, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 52 development projects worth Rs 2,183.45 crore.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport around 10:30 a.m., where he will be received by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other public representatives.
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth approximately Rs 2,200 crore in Varanasi at around 11 a.m. on August 2.
The projects, which span sectors such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, tourism, urban development, and cultural heritage, aim to achieve holistic urban transformation, cultural rejuvenation, improved connectivity, and an enhanced quality of life in Varanasi.
In line with his commitment to improving road connectivity in the region, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several key infrastructure projects. These include the widening and strengthening of the Varanasi–Bhadohi Road, the Chhitauni–Shool Tankeshwar Road, and the Railway Overbridge at Hardattpur, which is expected to ease congestion on the Mohan Sarai–Adalpura Road.
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