PM-Kisan data shows northeast & Kerala lead in bridging gender gap, Punjab has just 61 women beneficiaries

Government data on the Centre’s flagship scheme PM-Kisan, as per a RTI reply, shows that almost one-fourth of beneficiaries among landholder farmers in the country are women with northeastern states and Kerala taking lead in bridging the gap of gender disparities. In the dominant agricultural state Punjab, women beneficiaries account for the lowest percentage at 0.003%.

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