PM Narendra Modi releases ₹20,000 crore for 9.26 crore farmers, thanks Varanasi for 'hat-trick'

PM Narendra Modi said the people of Varanasi have blessed him by electing him as their representative to the lower house of the Parliament, Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a sum of ₹20,000 crore for over 9.26 crore farmers as part of the income support scheme, PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi. At an event in Varanasi, which was also attended by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, PM Modi thanked the people of the ancient city for electing him as their representative to the Parliament for the third time in a row.