{"id":10397,"date":"2024-09-02T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devgatha.in\/en\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:29:48","slug":"namo-shetkari-samman-nidhi-yojana-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devgatha.in\/en\/farmers-leader\/namo-shetkari-samman-nidhi-yojana-maharashtra\/","title":{"rendered":"Namo Shetkari Samman Nidhi Yojana Maharashtra – Doubling the income support to farmers in the state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Small and marginal farmers are the lifeblood of the agriculture sector and vital contributors to the rural economy. However, they often face financial hardships due to climate change and other factors. The Maharashtra government\u2019s Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana is an initiative that works in tandem with the Central Government’s PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to provide financial assistance to the small farmers of the state and support the rural economy. Similar to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, through which the central government pays Rs. 6,000 every year to small farmers, the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana provides financial aid of Rs. 6,000 annually to each registered small farmer in the state. making it a total of Rs. 12,000 financial assistance per annum for each small farmer in the state, deposited to their registered bank account. The Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana, which currently benefits nearly 1.15 crore farmer families, was launched during the Mahayuti government 1.0 in which Devendra Fadnavis took a key role as the Dy. CM and Finance Minister who allocated Rs. 6,900 crore for this scheme in the 2023-24 state budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the ‘Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana’ in his budget speech for 2023-24 presented on 9 March 2023. \u2013 Budget Speech 9 March 2023 (Page No. 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t