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Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate development works worth 1,600 crore rupees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate development works worth 1,600 crore rupees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for various development works worth over 1,600 crore rupees in his Lok Sabha constituency Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. The Home Minister will also inaugurate the permanent campus of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research at Palaj in Gandhinagar. Akashvani Corre...

August 11, 2023 9:59 PM

1,40,599 crore rupees paid to about 1457 lakh farmers under PMFBY till June 2023 since the inception of scheme in 2016

One lakh 40 thousand 599 crore rupees have been paid to about 1457 lakh farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) till June this year since the inception of the scheme in 2016. This information was given by Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in the Rajya Sabha today. He said these farmers have paid a premium of more than 29 thousand crore rupees. The Minister said the admissible claims under the PMFBY are generally paid by the concerned insuranc...