{"id":14051,"date":"2020-08-11T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=14051"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:06:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:06:12","slug":"governor-writes-to-chief-minister-bengal-govt-deprived-farmers-of-rs-8400-cr-under-pm-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=14051","title":{"rendered":"Governor writes to chief minister \u2018Bengal govt deprived farmers of Rs 8,400 cr under PM scheme\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday accused the state government of not implementing the Centre\u2019s PM Kisan Scheme in West Bengal. He wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a> expressing his displeasure and claimed that farmers have so far been deprived of Rs 8,400 crore under PM Kisan scheme due to the state government\u2019s failure.<\/p>\n

He also took to Twitter on Monday and said: \u201cDue to inactions and failures @MamataOfficial Farmers in WB have so far been deprived of Rs 8,400 Crores benefit #PMKisan.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further wrote: \u201cFarmers across the country have received about Rs 92,000 crore so far, and those in Bengal got nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor in his letter claimed that 70 lakh farmers could have benefited in the state if it had been implemented.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile each farmer all over the country has so far received Rs. 12,000, our farmers have been denied of this legitimate right on account of insensitivity and confrontational stance of the State Govt. I have flagged the issue to you and the administration severally,\u201d read a portion of Dhankhar\u2019s letter to CM.<\/p>\n

Calling it a \u201ccruel joke\u201d and \u201chistoric injustice\u201d on farmers, the Governor asked the government for \u201cimmediate amend\u201d. He added that the state government was only required to identify the farmer families so that they could avail the benefits of the scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fail to understand why this has not been done by the State Govt. This is unfortunate lapse, painfully harmful of the interests of the farmers. Under the PM-Kisan, so far the farmers in the country have received about Rs. 92,000 crores and no amount has come to our State. This calls for soul-searching,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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