“Digital payments contribute to greater transparency,” the minister said. (document)
New Delhi:
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said today that the government grants go directly to farmers’ accounts.
“Digital payments help increase transparency, and farmers benefit from it,” he added. “We’ve become the world’s largest sugar exporter.”
Speaking at a conference in New Delhi on Thursday, he said: “Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s One Nation One Food Card scheme, machines have been installed in 500,000 discount stores across the country. , the common people are receiving rations, and the fake cards have been eliminated.
When a person uses a ration card in Delhi, when he/she moves to Ahmedabad for work, he or she can still use the card in Ahmedabad, the minister said. He also added that if a ration shop is closed or there is no ration in that particular ration shop, the beneficiary can go to another ration shop to collect the ration.
All this technology and logistics make it possible for ordinary people, through which ordinary people can access government benefits and programs, the minister said. He also said that despite everything being shut down during the Covid pandemic, it made it possible for the poor.
“800 million people can get 5 kg of food for free and the government has allocated around Rs 390,000 crore for this,” the minister said, adding, “Under the leadership of the ministry, the government has also managed to raise the MSP (Minimum Support Price) for the kharif season. of.”
(Aside from the title, this story is unedited by NDTV staff and published via a syndicated feed.)
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