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Madhya Pradesh farmers declared dead on paper, lose PM-Kisan aid
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh have been wrongly declared dead in government records, losing their PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi payments. Principal secretary of revenue E Ramesh Kumar said he had not encountered such instances…
The Story in Brief
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh have been wrongly declared dead in government records, losing their PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi payments. Principal secretary of revenue E Ramesh Kumar said he had not encountered such instances but promised to look into any complaint. In Chhindwara, Bretna Yadav has been trying to prove he is alive for four years. Farmer leader Irfan Jafri in Raisen has not received payments for eight months. Lalmani Mishra, 93, of Mauganj has been marked dead since 2021. All say they are being sent from office to office without resolution.
The Indian Opinion
The usual narrative paints the government as uncaring, but the real story is one of bureaucratic neglect. Officials say they will look into complaints, but farmers like Bretna Yadav have been fighting for four years. The system should not need a newspaper to flag a simple data error. The test now is simple: how many such cases exist across Madhya Pradesh, and will the corrections happen in weeks, not years?
Source: freepressjournal.in
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