Mamata Banerjee questions PM Modi, says, sent 2.5 lakh names for Centre's farm scheme

  • PM Modi has slammed the TMC for not implemented central schemes in the state.
  • To this, CM Mamata Banerjee told the Assembly that her govt has sent 2.5 lakh names of farmers to the Centre, who are eligible for benefits under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
  • She asked, "Why the Union govt has not paid any cash benefit to the beneficiaries as yet?"
  • She further added that her govt would drift 19 industrial projects in West Bengal, which requires an investment of Rs 72,200 crore.
  • Mamata said that the benefits of the central scheme should be made available to the sharecroppers, irrespective of their landholdings.
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