22-Dec; Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the farmers are getting more money directly in their accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer scheme. He said use of technology has eliminated the middlemen, brought transparency, and benefited the farmers. He said expenditure on Minimum Support Price has increased manifold in recent years which directly benefited the farmers.Briefing media in New Delhi today, Tomar highlighted the measures taken by the government to ensure food availability, create robust mechanisms for the procurement of foodgrains, and effective implementation of One Nation One Ration card initiative in the country. The Minister said, three lakh 81 thousand crore rupees have reached the accounts of farmers through DBT scheme. He said 80 crore people have been provided free foodgrains which helped the poor to deal with the effects of the Covid pandemic.
