Chandigarh, September 8 The Farmers Welfare Department of the Punjab Government has found a subsidy of Rs 2.69 crore on soft seeds in the bank accounts of 15,541 farmers. Giving information in this regard, Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said that a total of Rs 17.02 crore has been transferred to 87,173 farmers through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system so far. are

He said that under the first phase, 14.33 crore rupees were released to 71,632 beneficiary farmers by the agriculture department. The minister said that the subsidy will also be released to the remaining eligible beneficiary farmers in the coming days.

He said that quality control is being ensured to provide quality agricultural products to the farmers. For this purpose, the shops with pesticides and seeds are being checked from time to time by the teams of the Agriculture Department.