Overview

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the 21st PM-KISAN instalment in advance, crediting Rs 171 crore to bank accounts of 8.55 lakh farmers in Jammu & Kashmir.
• The instalment includes payments to 85,418 women farmers and lifts cumulative PM-KISAN support in the Union Territory to Rs 4,052 crore.
• The government cited rebuilding plans for more than 5,000 damaged houses, with Rs 85.62 crore sanctioned under PMAY-Gramin to reconstruct about 5,100 homes reported by J&K.
• Ministers described household assistance of roughly Rs 1.7 lakh per severely damaged home, though accounts differ on whether this comprises Rs 1.3 lakh plus Rs 40,000 or Rs 1.40 lakh plus Rs 30,000.
• Recovery steps include a proposed increase of MGNREGA workdays to 150 upon a J&K submission, expedited PMFBY damage surveys for insured crop losses, provision of seeds and fertilisers, and permission to sell sand from farm fields.