This event was part of the ongoing Credit Outreach Programme aimed at bolstering financial inclusivity and access to credit for various segments of society, , nirmala sitharaman
Over 81,000 farmers have been deemed ineligible for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme in Bihar, and the government has asked state-owned banks to expedite the process of collecting refunds from them.
Over 81,000 farmers in Bihar have been found ineligible for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme due to reasons such as paying income tax. The government has instructed state-owned banks to collect the refund amounting to approximately Rs 81.6 crore from these farmers. The agriculture department has urged the banks to expedite the process and freeze the accounts of ineligible farmers. Some banks have already collected around Rs 10.3 crore in refund money.