PM Modi to Release ₹18,680 Crore PM-Kisan Instalment to 9.34 Crore Farmers from Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 24th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme at a national-level ‘PM Kisan Utsav Diwas’ event in Bhildi, Banaskantha district, on October 30. More than 9.34 crore farmer families across the country are expected to receive financial assistance exceeding ₹18,680 crore, including over ₹1,051 crore for more than 52.33 lakh farmer families in Gujarat.

Gujarat Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani reviewed preparations for the event during a visit to Bhildi on Wednesday. He also held a high-level meeting with local administrative officials to assess arrangements and subsequently briefed the media on the programme.

Vaghani said the event would also feature the inauguration and foundation-laying of several projects related to agriculture and animal husbandry. These include the inauguration of the Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre (BBRC), built at a cost of ₹328.77 crore, and the foundation-laying of two compressed biogas plants at Banas Dairy facilities in Tharad and Radhanpur.

The Prime Minister will also virtually inaugurate Banas Dairy’s new potato expansion facility and its ultra-high-temperature (UHT) processing and automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS).

Under the first 23 instalments of the PM-Kisan scheme, more than 11 crore farmer families across India have received a cumulative amount exceeding ₹4.47 lakh crore. In Gujarat, more than 69.26 lakh beneficiary farmers have received over ₹24,137 crore, according to the state government.

The October 30 programme will be livestreamed across the country. In Gujarat, events will be organised at 34 district-level locations and more than 2,100 cluster-level centres. Ministers, Members of Parliament, MLAs, public representatives, agricultural scientists and senior officials are expected to participate. Beneficiary farmers will also receive sanction letters for various agriculture and horticulture department schemes at these events.

The Agriculture Minister invited farmers across Gujarat to participate in the celebrations at nearby centres or watch the programme through the webcast.

PM Modi’s two-day Gujarat visit

The Prime Minister will be in Gujarat on October 30 and 31, with several programmes scheduled at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Narmada district, as part of the National Unity Day celebrations.

On the evening of October 30, Modi is scheduled to visit the ‘Bharat Parv’ pavilion at the Statue of Unity complex and watch a theatrical presentation of Anandamath by the National School of Drama at the Cultural Ground.

On October 31, marking the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and National Unity Day, the Prime Minister will pay floral tribute to Patel at the Statue of Unity. He will subsequently inaugurate, lay the foundation stone for and launch various public welfare and development projects in Ekta Nagar.

Modi is also scheduled to attend the ‘Aarambh 2026’ programme in the morning and interact with trainee officers at Tent City in the afternoon. In the evening, he will attend the main National Unity Day celebration at the Parade Ground, inspect the parade and receive the salute. DeshGujarat