Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next tranche of PM Kisan, a cash-transfer programme for farmers, on November 19 in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, handing out nearly ₹18,000 crore to 90 million eligible cultivators, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the next tranche of PM Kisan, a cash-transfer programme for farmers, on November 19 in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, handing out nearly ₹ 18,000 crore to 90 million eligible cultivators, agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.

Modi, who will make a day’s trip to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, will launch the South India Natural Farming Summit 2025 in Coimbatore, from where he will digitally transfer the cash, an official statement said.

Modi is slated

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