PM Modi to release 19th instalment of PM-KISAN scheme in Bhagalpur on February 24

PM Modi to release 19th instalment of PM-KISAN scheme in Bhagalpur on February 24

📰 PM Modi releases 19th instalment of PM-KISAN Scheme from Bhagalpur, Bihar

🔹 Key Highlights

  1. Event Location – Bhagalpur, Bihar (Airport Ground).

  2. Scheme Impact –

    • ₹22,700 crore released.

    • 9.80 crore farmers nationwide to benefit.

    • Lakhs of farmers in Bihar included.

  3. Farmers’ Interaction – From Banka, Begusarai, Khagaria, Purnea, Katihar, Madhepura, Kishanganj, Araria, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Munger.

  4. Union Agriculture Minister – Shivraj Singh Chouhan present.

    • Met foxnut (makhana) farmers.

    • Linked with Makhana Board announced in Budget.

  5. Security Arrangements – District Magistrate, SSP Hriday Kant, senior officers inspected venue, parking, security.

  6. Political Context –

    • Bihar Assembly elections due in late 2025.

    • Function seen as election-year outreach.

  7. Protest – Pappu Yadav (Independent MP, Purnea) called bandh in Seemanchal-Kosi region demanding Makhana Board be set up in Purnea. Threatened rail blockade.