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PM Narendra Modi to launch PM-KISAN in Gorakhpur on February 24
By Zia Haq | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 22, 2019 02:19 PM IST
The cash-transfer scheme for small and marginal farmers ahead of a general elections, India’s first, is a major populist step by the Modi government to offset a challenging spell of rural crisis brought on by unprofitable sales of farm commodities.