Updated On: 14 December, 2023 03:35 PM IST | Nagpur | mid-day online correspondent
Over 96,000 farmers in Maharashtra were denied aid under the `Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana` due to unlinked bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers, according to State Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde.

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In Maharashtra, 96,811 farmers were denied aid under the `Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana` because their bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers were not linked, revealed State Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde during Thursday`s legislative assembly session in Nagpur, stated a report in PTI.
According to the report, the scheme was launched by the state government to provide financial assistance to farmers, supplementing the amounts distributed by the Centre`s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.