PM Modi honours five 'Safai Karmacharis', washes their feet as per ancient tradition at Prayagraj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur on Sunday. He transferred the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to as many as 1 crore farmers as part of the Rs 75,000-crore scheme. Another 1 crore farmers are expected to be covered in the next two to three days.

 “Tomorrow is a historic day! The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi will be launched from Gorakhpur. This is a scheme that will give wings to the aspirations of crores of hardworking farmers of India who feed our nation,” the Prime Minister had tweeted on Saturday.

Tomorrow is a historic day! The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi will be launched from Gorakhpur. This is a scheme that will give wings to the aspirations of crores of hardworking farmers of India who feed our nation.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 23, 2019

Here are the highlights from Gorakhpur: