Overview

• Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi disbursed ₹1,025 crore to 51 lakh farmers via direct benefit transfers under the CM-KISAN scheme on Akshaya Tritiya.
• For the first time, 25,000 urban farmers were included in the scheme, expanding its reach beyond rural cultivators.
• Each farmer received ₹2,000 as part of the first instalment for 2025, aimed at supporting Kharif crop preparations.
• The CM-KISAN scheme, launched in September 2024, provides ₹4,000 annually in two instalments to small, marginal, landless, and tribal farmers.
• Majhi reiterated commitments to raise the Minimum Support Price to ₹3,100 per quintal and invest ₹1 lakh crore in irrigation infrastructure over five years.