Modi says PM-KISAN sent over Rs 18,000 crore to farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 24th instalment of India’s PM-KISAN scheme had transferred more than Rs 18,000 crore to nearly 10 crore farmers, announcing the release at a public gathering in Banaskantha, Gujarat, on October 30, 2026. The Union Agriculture Ministry had said before the event that more than Rs 18,690 crore would be transferred to more than 9.34 crore farmers. Gujarat Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani had estimated the payment at more than Rs 18,680 crore for over 9.34 crore farmer families. Modi described the transfer in rounded terms; the reports did not present a separate payment record. PM-KISAN provides eligible farmer families with Rs 6,000 a year in three equal instalments, paid through Direct Benefit Transfer. The latest payment was the scheme’s 24th instalment. The Ministry said the 23 earlier instalments had transferred more than Rs 4.47 lakh crore to eligible farmers. Modi also said more than 50 lakh farmers in Gujarat had benefited from the instalment, receiving over Rs 1,000 crore in total. In Banaskantha district, he said, nearly Rs 50 crore had been credited to farming families’ bank accounts. These local figures were part of his address....